The Bukusu people are one of the 17 Kenyan tribes of the Luhya Bantu people of East Africa residing mainly in the counties of Bungoma and Trans Nzoia. They are the largest tribe of the Luhya nation,with 1,188,963 identifying as Bukusu in the 2019 Kenyan census. They speak the Bukusu dialect.
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya (FORD–Kenya) is a Kenyan political party. The party has sat in the government of Kenya once,under the National Rainbow Coalition,from 2003 to 2007,having ended forty years of one party rule. In April 2022,the party joined the Kenya Kwanza coalition for the August 2022 elections,and is headed by Moses Wetangula,the current speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya. The party tends to be more popular among the Luhya people.
Henry Pius Masinde Muliro was a Kenyan politician from the Bukusu sub-tribe of the larger Abaluhya people of western Kenya. He was one of the central figures in the shaping of the political landscape in Kenya. An anti-colonial activist,he campaigned for the restoration of multi-party democracy in Kenya in his later years.
Michael Christopher Kijana Wamalwa was a renowned Kenyan politician who at the time of his death was serving as the eighth Vice-President of Kenya.
James Aggrey Bob Orengo is a Kenyan lawyer,a well known human rights activist and politician who is the current governor for Siaya County. He is also one of the few Kenyan lawyers who have attained the professional grade of Senior counsel in the legal field,a title that he earned under former president Mwai Kibaki.
Bungoma County is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya with its capital in Bungoma town. It has a population of 1,670,570 of which 812,146 are males and 858,389 are females as per the 2019 census and an area of 2,069 km2. It has nine constituencies,namely:Bumula,Kabuchai,Kanduyi,Kimilili,Mt. Elgon,Sirisia,Tongaren,Webuye East,and Webuye West.
Eugene Wamalwa is a Kenyan politician who was the former Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Defense. Prior to that before 29 September 2021,he was Cabinet Secretary of Devolution. He is also a former minister for Justice. He also served as Minister for Water and Irrigation. He belongs to the Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya Coalition Party,and was elected to represent the Saboti Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya during the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election,and served for one term of five years.
Amason Kingi Jeffah is a Kenyan politician currently serving as the Speaker of the Senate of Kenya. He is a member of the Pamoja African Alliance party,which he founded,and the Kenya Kwanza alliance. He served as the first governor of Kilifi County from 2013 to 2022,having been elected twice to the position.
David Eseli Simiyu is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to FORD-Kenya and was elected to represent the Kimilili Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.
The New Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya,commonly known as New Ford Kenya was a political party in Kenya.
Lawrence Simiyu Sifuna was a Kenyan politician who was Member of Parliament for Bumula,the first MP of that constituency. He was first elected to the Kenyan Parliament on 8 November 1979 in the then larger Bungoma South constituency. Sifuna was re-elected in 1983 too. He lost to former North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Maurice Makhanu in the 1988 Kenyan general election after Bungoma South constituency was renamed Kanduyi. Sifuna recaptured the seat during the first multi-party 1992 Kenyan general election on a Ford Asili ticket.
Tongaren is an electoral constituency in Kenya. Tongaren constituency politically came into existence in 2012 prior to the 2013 general election. The constituency was carved off from the then larger Kimilili Constituency. It is one of the 290 constituencies in Kenya and one of the 9 constituencies in Bungoma County. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) registered 84,952 voters in Tongaren constituency for the August 9th 2022 general election in Kenya.
Fatuma Gedi is a Kenyan politician from Wajir town. A former member of the National Assembly from Wajir county. The former Women representative for Wajir county. In 2017 she won the seat through Party for development and reform,under the reign of the fourth president of the Republic of Kenya,Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta.
Patrick Simiyu Khaemba is a Kenyan politician. He was the first Governor of Trans-Nzoia County from 2013 to 2022. He was elected into office in 2013 during the Kenya general elections. He is a member of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy. He was elected under the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy –Kenya.
Jane Wanjuki Njiru is a Kenyan politician. She served as the Embu County women representative(2017-2022) and a member of the ruling political party,the jubilee party of Kenya. She vied and won the Embu woman representative post in the 2017 General election.
The 13th Parliament of Kenya was elected in the 2022 Kenyan general election.
Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi is a Kenyan politician who is leader of the Democratic Action Party. He began his career in politics when he was elected as MP for Kanduyi Constituency in 1997. He was in his twenties at the time. Wamunyinyi was re-elected for the same seat in 2002. In the infamous 2007 elections he lost his seat but later re-emerged to serve another 2 consecutive terms from 2013 to 2022.
John Makali is a Kenyan politician from Ford-K who has been MP for Kanduyi Constituency since the 2022.
Mario TJ Cassela,popularly known as Trio Mio,is a Kenyan rapper,singer and songwriter born 22 October 2004. He began his music career in 2020,during the Covid-19 pandemic,with his debut single "Bazenga - Vile Inafaa." He is best known for his hit single “Cheza Kama Wewe,”which was released on July 15,2020,and featured remixes by other Kenyan artists such as Mejja,Exray and Nellythegoon.
Esther Okenyuri Anyieni commonly known as "Essy" and locally "Nyaituga" is a Member of Parliament at the 4th Senate of Kenya,/ 13th Parliament of Kenya,nominated by Kenya's ruling party,United Democratic Alliance. She is a member of KEWOPA,the Vice Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Trade,Industrialization and Tourism,a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Health,and the Senate Powers and Privileges Committee. She is the current Deputy Secretary General of the Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association,and the Organizing Secretary of Kenyan Women Senators Association. She is an Executive Member,Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Kenya Branch.
