Murang'a County is one of the counties of Kenya's former Central Province. Its largest town and capital is Murang'a,which was referred to as Fort Hall during the colonial era. The county is inhabited mainly by and is considered the birthplace of the Gikuyu,the largest ethnic group in Kenya. The county has a population of 1,056,640 based on the 2019 census.
Bungoma is the headquarters of Bungoma County in Kenya. It was established as a trading centre in the early 20th century. It is located in Kenya's fertile Western region and at the foot of Mount Elgon,Kenya's second tallest mountain. The town and the surrounding areas boast of one of Kenya's highest average rainfall,making it one of the nation's most important food baskets.
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
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya and expanded role of Foreign &Diaspora Affairs Minister of Kenya,he is also the party leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC),one of the founding political parties,of the Kenya Kwanza alliance. He served as the 7th Vice-President of Kenya in 2002 and Deputy Prime Minister (2008–2012),when he resigned to contest for the Presidency in the 2013 Kenyan general election and emerged third. He was the deputy party leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) (2005–2012) and Party Leader of the United Democratic Forum Party (UDF) from May 2012 to July 2015.
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.
Moses Francis Masika Wetang'ula,is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya,as well as leader of the FORD-Kenya party. He served in the government of Kenya as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012,and he was Minister for Trade from 2012 to 2013.
Kenneth Otiato Marende,born 7 January 1956,was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 10th Parliament. He was elected Speaker on January 15,2008. Prior to his election as Speaker,Hon. Marende served as the MP for Emuhaya constituency,from 2002 to 2007. Marende was a candidate for Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 13th Parliament,but was defeated by former Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula who garnered 215 votes ahead of Marende who managed 130.
The Tachoni people are one of the tribes occupying the widely known western region of Kenya sharing land with the Luhyia tribe and the Sabaots at the slopes of Mt Elgon,They currently share boundaries with the Bukusus,Kabras,Nandi and the Sabaots. They're known for their gallant defense of the Chetambe in 1895 while resisting the British rule. Tachoni people were masters at building forts such as Chetambe,Lumboka,and Kiliboti. It was their defiance of colonialism that led to the colonial government putting the entire region occupied by the Tachoni under administration of paramount chiefs drawn from Bunyala and Wanga communities and later forced to be a subtribe under the luhyia community. Most of their lands were kept under government ownership by the colonial leadership like the lands formerly known as white settlement schemes covering Lugari and Likuyani regions. Sharing the land with the Abanyala,the Kabras,Nandi,and Bukusu tribe. They live mainly in Webuye,Chetambe Hills,Ndivisi Matete sub-county-Lwandeti,Maturu,Mayoyo,Lukhokho,Kiliboti,Kivaywa,Chepsai,and Lugari sub-county in Kakamega County. Most Tachoni clans living in Bungoma speak the ' Olutachoni dialect of the Luhya language after their main dialect was fought down by the white settlers for they had resisted the whites administration,and they are subsequently often mistaken as Bukusus but not even part of the luhyia community. They spread to Trans-Nzoia County especially around Kitale,Kiminini,Tongaren and to Uasin Gishu County near Turbo,soy,Eldoret. Among the Tachoni clans are Abachikha -further divided into Abakobolo,Abamuongo,Abachambai,Abamakhanga,Abacharia,and Abakabini,Abamarakalu,Abangachi -who are further divided into:Abawaila,Abakhumaya and Abawele,Abasang'alo,Abasamo,Abayumbu,Abaluu,Abarefu,Abanyangali,Abamuchembi,Abamakhuli,Abasioya,Abaabichu,Abacheo,Abamachina,Abaengele,Abamutama,Abakafusi,Abasonge,Abasaniaka,Abaabiya also known as Abakatumi,Abakubwayi,Abakamutebi,Abakamukong,Abamweya,Abalukulu,Abawande,Abatukiika,Abachimuluku. Note that the morpheme 'aba' means 'people'. The Abakhusia/abasamo of Kabras are also Tachonis who speak Kikabras. Abayumbu and Abaluu are twin brothers,hence do not intermmary.
Ekwee David Ethuro is a Kenyan politician. Currently is the Chairperson Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). He was elected as the first Speaker of the modern Kenyan Senate on 28 March 2013. From 1998 to 2013 he served as a Member of Parliament representing Turkana Central. He also served as the Assistant Minister for Planning and National Development from 1998 to 2002 under the government of President Daniel arap Moi. He was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Turkana Central in the 2007 general elections and steered the proceedings of the 10th Parliament in the position of acting Speaker of the House whenever the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker were absent.
Kenneth Makelo Lusaka is the current governor of Bungoma County. Previously,he served as the speaker of Senate [2017 -2022] and was the 1st Governor of Bungoma County in Kenya,a term he served between 4th March 2013 to 8th August 2017 where he was defeated by Wycliffe Wafula Wangamati in the 2017 General Elections.
Moses Otieno Kajwang is the second elected Senator for Homa Bay County in Kenya and a member of the Orange Democratic Movement. He was elected on 12 February 2015 in a by election that was occasioned by the death of his brother Gerald Otieno Kajwang. He was re-elected in 2017 for a second term and in 2022 for a third term.
The National Super Alliance,known by the abbreviation NASA,was a Kenyan political coalition of opposition centre-left parties that was formed in January 2017. The coalition was created to oppose President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto in the 2017 general elections. Raila Odinga,Musalia Mudavadi,Kalonzo Musyoka,Moses Wetangula and Isaac Ruto were the co-principals of the coalition.
Wafula Wanyonyi Chebukati is a Kenyan lawyer and a former chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC),which is responsible for overseeing elections in Kenya. Wafula Chebukati was appointed to the position on a six-year tenure in January 2017 by the retired President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta. Following his appointment in 2017,He succeeded Ahmed Issack Hassan. He retired on 17th January 2023 following the end of his term.
John Murumba Chikati is a Kenyan politician and the current Secretary General for the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy –Kenya (FORD-Kenya). Chikati is also the current Member of National Assembly for Tongaren Constituency,and the current Secretary General for Catholic MPs Spiritual Support Initiative (CAMPSSI). He is the immediate former Special Secretary for Strategy and Delivery in the Office of the Deputy President.
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.
Edwin Watenya Sifuna,born 22 May 1982,is a Kenyan politician and the current Senator of Nairobi County after being elected in the 2022 Kenyan general election. He is the Secretary-General of ODM Party and the deputy minority whip in the Senate of Kenya.
