Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o
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Hon. Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o | |
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Immediate former Member of the Kenyan Senate | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sironga, Political Science ) | 1 March 1969
Occupation | Politician |
Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o (born 1 March 1969) is the first and immediate former Senator of Nyamira County, Kenya.[1] He was elected Senator of Nyamira County under Ford Kenya which was part of the CORD Alliance. He won the Nyamira seat by 49,615 votes.
Mung'are Okong'o is the 7th born to the late Peter Okong'o Omenge and Bethsheba Okong'o.
Education
He is an A-levels graduate of Sameta high school from where he worked as a corresponding reporter for
Career
Mong'are returned to Kenya and joined the Kenya school of law in 2000-2001 cluster. He later contested for the West Mugirango parliamentary seat in 2002 on a Kenya Republican Reformation party ticket and lost to the then incumbent Henry Onyancha Obwocha. He run again for the same seat in 2007 and lost to Dr. James Gesami. He supported the Constitutional Referendum in 2010 and subsequently won the
Individual Social Responsibility
In 2001 he Founded Elite sports management International (For Nurturing, sponsoring and managing athletes). In 2002 he founded Carewell society that provided medical aid and the paying of school fees for the needy. He also founded the Mong'are Bwo-kong'o foundation in 2010 to aid in donation of books and provide fees stipends. The foundation was heavily involved in civic education for the new Constitution. Forum for Children rights in Kenya was founded in 2014 by Mong'are to fight for child rights. In 2014 Mong'are founded Bogichora Women Football club which was later converted to Nyamira County starlets which has graduated to the National Women's league.
Leadership
Kennedy Mong'are served as chairman of the Kenya African Students association (KASA) during his 3rd year of Law (1997). He founded the Kenya Law Students Association-Indian Chapter and became its president. In 2002, he became the secretary General of the Kenya Republican Reform party (KRRP). In 2005, he became the organizing secretary of
Family
Kennedy Mong'are Onkong'o is a father and a husband to Dr. Devi Basanti Mong'are.
References
- ^ "Okong'o Kennedy Mong'are". Parliament of Kenya. Retrieved 6 January 2017.