George Kamau Muhoho (born 1936) is a former Director General of the

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(KAA).

Biography

Muhoho is a son of Chief Muhoho and his wife Nyokabi, brother to

Mama Ngina Kenyatta Ngina Kenyatta (née Muhoho; born 24 June 1933), popularly known as "Mama Ngina", is the former First Lady of Kenya. She is the widow of the Kenya's first president, Jomo Kenyatta (~1889–1978), and mother of the fourth president Uhuru Kenyatta ...

. He was a Catholic priest, and studied until 1968 at the Collegio San Pietro in

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church law. In 1971 he was appointed as the first black African diplomat to the

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embassy attache at the EU in

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. In 1972 he was commissioned by

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. returned to the lay state. He was then responsible for the public relations department of the

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. In 1976 he married the lawyer Jean Njeri Koinange.

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appointed Muhoho in the Cabinet and appointed him successively with the post of education, tourism and technology minister. In 1991 he left the KANU and joined as a founding member of the

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, whose treasurer he is today. He is also a member of the Council of Elders of the party. In 2004, he was appointed by Kibaki appointed director of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and has been responsible for the development and also the safety of the Kenyan Airports.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muhoho, George 1936 births Living people Kikuyu people Education ministers of Kenya Technology ministers of Kenya Tourism ministers of Kenya Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) Kenya African National Union politicians Laicized Roman Catholic priests