Nationality Kenyan Name Mbiyu Koinange | Role Politician | |
Full Name Mbiyu wa Koinange Children Isaac Njunu, Elizabeth Waruinu, Lenna Wanjik Siblings Raymond Njenga, Grace Wanjiku, Edwin Njenga Parents Koinange Wa Mbiyu, Mariamu Wambui | ||
Justice finally dispensed in late mbiyu koinange s succession case
Peter Mbiyu Koinange (1907 - 2 September 1981) was a politician from Kenya. He served in the government and cabinet of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, for 16 years. During this time, he held the post of Member of Parliament for the Kiambaa constituency and the portfolios of Minister of State for Education, External Affairs, Pan-African Affairs, as well as Minister of State in the Office of the President.
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- Justice finally dispensed in late mbiyu koinange s succession case
- The late Mbiyu Koinanges family was evicted at one of their homes over NSSF rent payments
- Family
- Education
- Political career
- Publications
- References
The late Mbiyu Koinange's family was evicted at one of their homes over NSSF rent payments
Family
Born Mbiyu wa Koinange in 1907 in Njunu, Kiambu District he was the eldest son of Koinange Wa Mbiyu, a prominent Kikuyu chief during Kenya's colonial period, and Wairimu, the chief's great wife. He was one of seven children, with another six siblings who died either at birth or early on in their childhood. His elder sister, Isabella, was one of Kenya's first trained African nurses, while his younger brother, Charles Karuga Koinange, served as a colonial chief and was a civil servant in independent Kenya for more than 30 years.
Education
Mbiyu Koinange moved to the United States in 1927 for studying. He attended Hampton Institute in Virginia, where he graduated in 1931. Koinange then started at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio in 1931, completing a four-year bachelor's degree in 1935. From Ohio, Koinange then received a one-year postgraduate certificate in education from Columbia University in 1936. Mbiyu Koinange then spent a year at the University of Cambridge, St. John's College as a Rhodes Scholar, followed by a year at the University of London Institute of Education before returning to Kenya in 1939.
Political career
He was the Kiambaa Constituency MP from 1963 to 1979 when Njenga Karume was elected the Kiambaa MP. During this 16-year tenure, Mbiyu Koinange served in several roles including Minister of State for Pan-African Affairs, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education. For the majority of his tenure, Peter Mbiyu served as Minister of State in the Office of the President (1966–79).