23 Facts About Moses Wetangula

Moses Wetangula served in the government of Kenya as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012, and he was Minister for Trade from 2012 to 2013.

Moses Wetangula went to Nalondo Primary School, Busakala secondary school, Teremi Secondary School, and Friends School Kamusinga before being admitted to the University of Nairobi, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree.

Moses Wetangula was a member of the Board of Directors of ICROSS Kenya from 1989, stepping down when he became Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Moses Wetangula was nominated as a Kanu MP after the 1992 general election, serving until 1997.

Moses Wetangula has held several other previous public positions which include that of the magistrate and the chairman Electricity Regulatory Board.

Moses Wetangula actively participated in organisation of funds-drives to set up projects on self-help basis and has been offering legal services to the local people.

Moses Wetangula has mobilised women and the youth to initiate income generating projects.

Moses Wetangula was elected to the National Assembly in the December 2002 parliamentary election, and has never lost all the election he has participated ever since.

Moses Wetangula was appointed into the cabinet by President Mwai Kibaki on 8 January 2008, amid a crisis regarding the results of the concurrent presidential election, Wetangula was named Minister for Foreign Affairs.

In March 2012, Moses Wetangula was stranded in Bamako, Mali during a coup d'etat.

Moses Wetangula was evacuated after being trapped in his hotel room for several days.

Moses Wetangula left his post as Foreign Minister and became the Trade Minister.

Moses Wetangula was elected to the Senate of Kenya in 2013, representing Bungoma County, and became Minority Leader in the Senate of Kenya.

Moses Wetangula was later replaced in the position of Minority Leader by the then Senator of Siaya County James Orengo.

Moses Wetangula warned them, "If anyone wants a divorce, it would be messy, it would be noisy, it would be unhelpful, it would not be easy, it would have casualties", he said.

On 8 September 2022, Moses Wetangula defeated his only competitor, former speaker Marende to become the speaker of the 13th Parliament of Kenya.

Moses Wetangula left his ministerial post on 27 October 2010 due to ongoing investigation on his alleged involvement in the Kenyan Tokyo embassy scandal.

Moses Wetangula was later absolved of the allegations and any wrongdoing by five separate probes and returned to the ministry in August 2011, though he permanently left the position a few months later to successfully contest for the position of Senator for Bungoma County.

On 20 March 2018, Moses Wetangula was replaced by Siaya senator James Orengo as Senate Minority leader.

Moses Wetangula retained his Bungoma senate seat in the August 2022 Kenyan general election, winning by a landslide.

Moses Wetangula took over from Justin Muturi and became the 8th Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya.

Moses Wetangula's father Mzee Dominic Moses Wetangula is a retired teacher in Nalondo, Bungoma County and lives in the village together with his wives.

The Moses Wetangula's family is a political family with his younger brother Timothy Wanyonyi Moses Wetangula being the MP for Westlands Constituency in Nairobi County.