Soita Shitanda (9 November 1959 – 24 May 2016) was a Kenyan politician. He belonged to

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and was elected to represent the

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in the

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. Soita represented Malava constituency since 1997, after he ousted the then, Minister of Health, Mr. Joshua Angatia in the general election, vying on a Ford Kenya ticket. He was re-elected to parliament in 2002 on the NARC ticket and served as an assistant minister in the office of the president, before he was appointed minister for housing in a cabinet reshuffle in 2005. Mr. Soita was again re-elected in the 2007 parliamentary electionMembers Of The 10th Parliament
. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed 19 June 2008. and re-appointed Minister for Housing. He died on the afternoon of 24 May 2016 at

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2016 deaths 1959 births Kenyan Luhya people Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) Government ministers of Kenya {{Kenya-politician-stub