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candidate · President, Kenya · Wiper Patriotic Front
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Kalonzo Musyoka is Kenya's patient man of diplomacy, a former Vice President and long-serving foreign minister whose Wiper machine has made him the perennial bridge-builder of opposition politics. A lawyer who entered parliament at 32 through a Kitui North by-election, he chaired regional peace talks on Somalia and Sudan and earned the mediator's reputation he has traded on ever since. He broke with Kibaki over the 2005 referendum, co-founded the Orange movement, then served as Vice President through the grand-coalition years. Several times a presidential-ticket principal or deputy, he now leads the Wiper Patriotic Front into 2027 arguing that his steadiness is the antidote to Kenya's turbulence.
Experience
Professional
Vice President of Kenya
Government of Kenya 2007-2012
Appointed Vice President after the disputed 2007 election, serving through the grand-coalition years and the 2010 constitutional transition as President Kibaki's principal assistant and the government's senior diplomat.
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
Government of Kenya 2003-2004
Ran the environment and natural resources ministry in the Kibaki government, a short tenure that ended when he broke with the administration over the 2005 constitutional referendum and joined the Orange rebellion.
Minister for Foreign Affairs (second tenure)
Government of Kenya 2002-2003
Returned to the foreign affairs docket in President Kibaki's first cabinet, representing the new NARC government abroad during the optimism of the post-KANU transition before moving to the environment ministry.
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Government of Kenya 1992-1997
Kenya's top diplomat under President Moi, chairing regional peace initiatives on Somalia and Sudan and building the mediator's reputation that has anchored his public image through every campaign since.
Deputy Speaker
National Assembly of Kenya 1987-1991
Assistant Minister for Works
Government of Kenya 1985-1987
- MP, Mwingi North
1982-2006
former Secretary
Kenya African National Union 1979-1987
Education
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree
University of Nairobi
Studied law at the University of Nairobi after his schooling in present-day Kitui County, graduating in 1977. The degree launched a career that moved quickly from legal practice into elective politics and diplomacy.
Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Advocates Training Programme)
Kenya School of Law
Completed the advocates training programme at the Kenya School of Law in 1978 and was admitted to the bar, practising only briefly before winning the Kitui North parliamentary seat in a 1985 by-election.
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KALONZO MUSYOKA accused of warming Governor WAVINYA NDETI's bed as social media users make fun of a video of them DAILY POST
Kalonzo Musyoka reveals why Uhuru Kenyatta skipped Raila anniversary Pulse Kenya
Wiper Party Dismisses Claims Kalonzo Musyoka is Automatic 2027 Opposition Flagbearer https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/
Kalonzo Musyoka set to address the nation People Daily
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