Philip Leakey
Philip Leakey (born 21 June 1949 in Nairobi) is a former member of the Kenyan Parliament.
Career[]
Leakey represented the KANU party led by then president Daniel Arap Moi. He was an MP of Langata Constituency from 1979 [1] and served as a cabinet minister for a short stint. He lost his parliamentary seat in the 1992 Kenyan general elections, the first multiparty elections in Kenya, when Raila Odinga won the Langata seat.[2]
Together with his wife Katy Leakey, he runs , a company exporting products made by Maasai handicrafts.
His parents are Louis and Mary Leakey, both famous paleontologists. Philip is brother to Richard and Jonathan Leakey, and half-brother to Colin Leakey. His children by his second wife, Valerie Fraser Leakey, are Lara Fraser Leakey, Kyela Fraser Leakey, and Tiana Fraser Leakey. He was educated at .
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References[]
- ^ Time, November 19, 1979: Arap Moi Again
- ^ Kenya Times, December 11, 2005: "MP talks of plot to arrest Raila". Archived from the original on December 15, 2005. Retrieved 2007-03-03.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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