Paul Kibugi Muite (born 18 Apr 1945) is a Kenyan lawyer and politician

Political career

He is a prominent figure in Kenya's second liberation struggle during the 1990s to remove the single party dictatorship established by the

Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral loss in 2002. It was known as Kenya African Union (KAU) from 194 ...

in 1982. He served as vice chairman of the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy - Kenya while it was under the tutelage of

Oginga Odinga Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (October 1911 – 20 January 1994) was a Luo chieftain who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He later served as Kenya's first Vice-President, and thereafter as opposition leader. Odinga ...

and is the founding chairman of the

Safina Safina ( in Swahili) is a political party in Kenya, founded by palaeoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey together with lawyer Paul Muite. History In May 1995, Richard Leakey joined some Kenyan intellectuals in launching a new po ...

party of Kenya. He previously served as a law clerk in the years preceding Kenya's attainment of independence. He has served several terms in the

National Assembly of Kenya The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya. Between 1966 and 2013, it served as a unicameral house. In 2013 ( 11th Parliament), it became the lower house when the Senate was reestablish ...

as member for the

Kabete Constituency Kabete Constituency is an electoral constituency within Kiambu County that neighbours Westlands Constituency in Nairobi County. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County. A study in 2005 revealed that Kabete constituency has the lowest ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muite, Paul 1945 births Living people Alumni of the University of London 20th-century Kenyan lawyers Kenyan democracy activists Forum for the Restoration of Democracy politicians Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya politicians Kenya School of Law alumni Candidates for President of Kenya 21st-century Kenyan lawyers