Paul Muite
Paul Mūite | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
| In office 1992–2007 | |
| Constituency | Kabete Constituency |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1945 |
| Party | Safina |
Other political affiliations | FORD FORD-Kenya |
| Alma mater | University of London (LL.B) Kenya School of Law (Dip) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Paul Kībūgi Mūite (born 18 April 1945) is a Kenyan lawyer and politician[1]
Political career
[edit]Mūite is a prominent figure in Kenya's second liberation struggle during the 1990s to remove the single party dictatorship established by the Kenya African National Union in 1982.[2] He served as vice chairman of the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya[3] while it was under the tutelage of Oginga Odinga and is the founding chairman of the Safina party of Kenya. Mūite previously served as a law clerk in the years preceding Kenya's attainment of independence. He has served several terms in the National Assembly of Kenya as the member of parliament of Kabete Constituency.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Extrajudicial killings by Kenyan police resume, groups say". thestar.com. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ "Tracing fortunes of second liberation 'Young Turks' – Daily Nation". nation.co.ke. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=39627n02ken Renewed ethnic violence | Keesing's World News Archives
- ↑ Murunga, Godwin Rapando (2002). "A critical look at Keynya's non-transition to democracy". Journal of Third World Studies. 19 (2): 89–111. doi:10.2307/45194058. ISSN 8755-3449.
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of London
- 20th-century Kenyan lawyers
- Kenyan democracy activists
- Forum for the Restoration of Democracy politicians
- Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya politicians
- Kenya School of Law alumni
- Candidates for President of Kenya
- 21st-century Kenyan lawyers