Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba was a Kenyan politician and an activist for democracy who came in at second place in the 1992 presidential election.
14 Facts About Kenneth Matiba
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In 1964, Kenneth Matiba was appointed Permanent Secretary for Commerce under Minister Mwai Kibaki.
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Kenneth Matiba continued to succeed during the post-colonial period, helped by his connection to the Kiambu family of Musa Gitau, one of the first Africans to become a minister in the Kenyan Presbyterian Church.
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Kenneth Matiba later left his civil-service career for one in the hospitality industry, establishing the Alliance Group of Hostels based on the South Coast.
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Kenneth Matiba invested in exclusive private schools, including Hillcrest Preparatory and Hillcrest Secondary School.
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Kenneth Matiba was chairman of the Kenya Football Federation from 1974 to 1978, and was elected to the Kenyan Parliament in the 1983 general elections from the Mbiri Constituency in the Muranga District.
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Kenneth Matiba served as Minister of Transport and Communications under the KANU administration led by President Daniel arap Moi, resigning in December 1988.
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At Moi's behest, Kenneth Matiba was held without trial at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison in 1990 with Charles Rubia, a member of the Kenyan Cabinet who called for multiparty democracy.
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Kenneth Matiba was part of the opposition alliance forming the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy.
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President Moi won the election on the KANU ticket; Kenneth Matiba placed second, winning the Kiharu Constituency parliamentary seat in the concurrent parliamentary elections.
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Kenneth Matiba boycotted the December 1997 election, burning his voter's card.
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Kenneth Matiba has a long-standing rivalry with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki.
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Kenneth Matiba regained control of the school, which he later sold to a consortium led by Fanisi.
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Kenneth Matiba died on 15 April 2018 at the Karen Hospital after a long illness.