KENYA’S 2013 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa, George Luchiri Wajackoyah, James Ole Kiyiapi, Martha Wangari Karua, Mutava Musyimi, Peter Kenneth, Raila Amollo Odinga, Raphael Tuju, Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, William Samoei Ruto, Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi
Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa PARTY: Party of National Unity Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa was born on 1st April, 1969. Wamalwa was elected to represent Saboti constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007. The death of his brother and vice president Michael Wamalwa Kijana in 2003 vacated the Saboti MP seat. In the following by-elections, Eugene Wamalwa vied for the seat under little known Republican Party of Kenya (RPK). The by-election was won by Davies Wafula Nakitare of NARC. He again contested the Saboti parliamentary seat on a Ford Kenya ticket under the PNU umbrella in 2007 and won. He has now shown interest as a candidate in the 2013 presidential elections. In 26 March 2012, President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga reshuffled the Cabinet appointing Eugene Wamalwa to be the Minister of Justice, National Cohesion & ConstitutionalAffairs.
himself. That is when he ran away to Nairobi, almost five hundred miles from the village, in search of greener pastures. Since he had no particular place to run to he joined the street children. Fortunately he was rescued from the streets by Hare Krishna and was later offered a chance to pursue his secondary education at City Hall High School. After finishing his O’ levels, he joined St. Peter’s Mumia’s Boys High school where he sat for his A’ levels. George later joined the police as a recruit constable after completing school and steadily rose up the ladder to Inspectorate rank within a short time. However, things changed for him When Kenya’s foreign minister, Robert Ouko, was assassinated in 1990. Wajackoyah was placed in charge of collecting intelligence on suspected killers. George’s inquisitiveness led to his arrest, subsequent detention and severe torture. Fortunately, Wajackoyah received political asylum in the United Kingdom, where he put himself through law school by working as a gravedigger by day and a security guard by night. He is currently an adjunct professor of law at the American Heritage University of Southern California. George has expressed his intentions to run for the top seat at the 2013 presidential elections in Kenya. He believes that his vast exposure, experience, education and networks will give him an added advantage to his quest for the presidency.
was the School Captain. He then joined Moi University graduating with a First Class Honors in BSc Degree in forestry 1988 and in 1989 further pursued his Masters in Science in forestry at the same university. Due to his exemplary performance he was recommended by his lecturers on recommendation of Academic Committee to be transferred straight from Msc. in Forestry to PhD programme at University of Toronto obtaining a Doctor of philosophy Degree in Forestry in 1993 at the age of 32. In 1988 to 1994 he was a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Environmental Studies in Canada York University. From 1994 to 2006 he was a Lecturer and an associate Professor at Moi University.He has served in the Kenyan Government in different positions, the first being as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources from 2006 to 2008. Immediately after he became the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Medical Services up to 2010 and then joined the Ministry of Education as the Permanent Secretary up to 2012. He is currently a 2013 Candidate for President of the Republic of Kenya on the Restore and Build Kenya (RBK) Party. Some of his other achievements include serving as a Director at the Boston University, U.S where he directed the Affiliated study abroad program, the school for Field Studies, Centre for Wildlife management studies. Kiyiapi was also the country Program Director of the African Wildlife Foundation.
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George Luchiri Wajackoyah Party: Shake the tree movement
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He was born on October 24, 1959 in Mumias. He lived his early life in strife and when his parents divorced and his father remarried, Wajackoyah was unwanted and therefore decided to leave home at the age of sixteen so as to fend for
Prof. James Ole Kiyiapi Party: RBK James Ole Kiyiapi comes from a humble background. He was born in 17th, May, 1961 at Osupuko Location Transmara District, Kenya. He is the last born of his six siblings. He went to Alliance Boys High School, Kikuyu, Kenya (1987). During his high school years he
Martha Wangari Karua PARTY: NARC Kenya Karua was born in 22 September 1957 in Kirinyaga District, Central Province of Kenya. She joined University of Nairobi to study law from 1977 to 1980. In 1980