Anyang' Nyong'o is a former Secretary-General of Orange Democratic Movement.
12 Facts About Anyang' Nyong'o
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Professor Nyong'o was the acting party leader from March 11 until late May 2009 when Raila Odinga was in the United States and was elected to the National Assembly of Kenya in the December 2007 parliamentary election, representing the Kisumu Rural Constituency.
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Anyang' Nyong'o previously served as the Senator of Kisumu from 2013 to 2017.
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Anyang' Nyong'o completed his undergraduate studies at Uganda's Makerere University, where he was awarded a first class honours degree in political science.
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Anyang' Nyong'o thereafter proceeded to his graduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago, where he obtained an MA and a PhD in political science in 1977.
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Anyang' Nyong'o took teaching positions at the University of Nairobi, where he was a professor of political science and a visiting professor in universities in Mexico and Addis Ababa.
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Anyang' Nyong'o was a member of the Kenyan Senate representing Kisumu County from March 4,2013 to August 8,2017 having been elected on an ODM Party ticket.
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Anyang' Nyong'o is a former Member of Parliament for Kisumu Rural constituency, having been elected on a NARC ticket in the December 2002.
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Anyang' Nyong'o served as a nominated MP from 1998 to 2002.
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From 2003 to 2005, Anyang' Nyong'o served as the Minister for Planning and National Development, and from 2008 to 2013 he was the Minister for Medical Services.
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Anyang' Nyong'o is credited for actively engaging in the movement for Kenya's second liberation during the previous KANU regime.
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Anyang' Nyong'o's children are Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong'o, Fiona Nyong'o, Esperanza Nyong'o, Zawadi Nyong'o, and Peter Nyong'o, who plays soccer as a goalkeeper.