James Nyamweya

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James Nyamweya (born 28 December 1927 - 1996) was a Kenyan politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1967-1968.

Nyamweya was born in Kisii, Kenya and educated at King's College London where he look an LLB in law in 1958. During his studies he served as a Barrister-at-Law at Lincoln's Inn. He served as Kenyan Foreign Minister from 1967-1968.

He served as the MP of the Nyaribari Constituency (now disestablished) from 1963 to 1976 representing the KANU party.^[1]

After the multiparty system was revoked in Kenya in 1992, James Nyamweya led the newly found Democratic Party in the Kisii area.^[2] His son George Nyamweya later served as the Secretary General of DP.

Nyamweya died in 1996.^[3]

References

↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
↑ David Throup, Charles Hornsby: Multi-party Politics in Kenya James Currey, 1998
↑ D. Pal S. Ahluwalia & Paul F. Nursey-Bray: The post-colonial condition Nova Publishers, 1997

External links

Profile of James Nyamweya (in German)

v t e Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kenya

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Name	Nyamweya, James
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Short description	Kenyan politician
Date of birth	28 December 1927
Place of birth
Date of death	1996
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