Moses Wetang'ula served as Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012, and as Minister for Trade from 2012 to 2013.
12 Facts About Moses Wetang'ula
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Moses Wetang'ula graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
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Moses Wetang'ula was a member of the Board of Directors of ICROSS Kenya from 1989, until he became Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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Moses Wetang'ula has held several other previous public positions which include that of the magistrate and the chairman Electricity Regulatory Board.
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Moses Wetang'ula has mobilised women and the youth to initiate income generating projects.
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Moses Wetang'ula was evacuated after being trapped in his hotel room for several days.
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Moses Wetang'ula was elected to the Senate of Kenya in 2013, representing Bungoma County, and became Minority Leader in the Senate of Kenya.
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Moses Wetang'ula was later replaced in the position of Minority Leader by the then Senator of Siaya County James Orengo.
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Raila Odinga became a casualty after losing the presidential contest in 2022 general election, as Wetang'ula made William Ruto the fifth President of Kenya.
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Moses Wetang'ula was re-elected with a landslide win as Bungoma senator in the August 2022 Kenyan general election, but he resigned shortly afterwards to vie for the position of the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, hence becoming the third in line of succession in the Republic of Kenya.
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Moses Wetang'ula's family is a political family with his younger brother Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula being the MP for Westlands Constituency in Nairobi County.
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Moses Wetang'ula has many other children with his other wives.