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Dennis Makokha Mukoya is a Kenyan politician, writer, tech start-up executive, electrical and telecommunications engineer, blogger and YouTuber. Mukoya contested the position of Member of National Assembly (MNA) for Lurambi Constituency in the 2022 Kenyan general election, the third under the progressive 2010 Constitution of Kenya.
Early life
He was born Dennis Peter Makokha Mukoya in 1987 at Mater Misericordiae Hospital in South B Estate, Nairobi County to Gabriel Wanyama Mukoya, a Pharmacist, and University Lecturer and Florence Abega Mukoya, a banker at Barclays Bank PLC (now Absa Bank Kenya). In 1993, he enrolled at Lions Nursery School, Kakamega town and progressed to the pioneer class of St.Joseph's Academy, Kakamega in 1994.
Career
Makokha Mukoya leveraging his eligibility as a duly-registered citizen of the Republic of Kenya contested to become Member of National Assembly (MNA) of Lurambi Constituency in Kakamega County in the August 2022 Kenyan general election. He initially threw his hat into the ring as a life Member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party where he had been an ordinary member since November 2012. However, following the event dubbed 'Kenyan Earthquake' occasioned by the political movements of 7th Vice President of the Republic of Kenya, Hon. Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi in February 2022, which resulted in then incumbent MNA, Hon. Mukhwana Titus Khamala, formerly of Mudavadi's Amani National Congress (ANC) decamping to the ODM Party and eventually get bestowed with a direct ticket. As such, Makokha was left ruthlessly exposed as a spanner had definitively been thrown into the works. He took the bold step to go into the race as an Independent Candidate albeit with strong affiliations to the Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya Alliance coalition then led by 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya, Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga. Mukoya ran as a social democrat who strongly believes in reform & transformation. Indeed, his slogan for the race was "Utumishi na Mabadiliko" (Servant & Transformative Leadership). As a rookie candidate, he put forth a spirited campaign but ultimately lost to then incumbent, Hon. Mukhwana Titus Khamala.
He has written for Business Daily, a publication of the Kenyan newspaper, Daily Nation.
References
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- "Lurambi MP Titus Khamala beats rivals to retain seat". The Star Newspaper. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Proliferation of shopping malls in suburbs signals economic slump". Business Daily. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Top student misses Form One admission". Daily Nation Newspaper. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Mudavadi's mystery earthquake". Daily Nation Newspaper. 29 January 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "DENNIS MUKOYA". Business Daily Newspaper. 28 February 2021.
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