William ole ntimama biography of martin

Legendary politician William Ronkorua ole Ntimama, who was buried yesterday, was one of the longest serving politicians in the country.

He will be remembered for serving for 15 years as the powerful chairman of the defunct Narok County Council and for 25 years as an MP. He served as minister under  presidents Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki.

The veteran politician bestrode the Kenyan political landscape like the proverbial colossus, from the days of founding president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta to the present day, stödja the rights of the Maasai.

His political career started in when he was elected chairman of the Narok County Council

Prior to the adoption of multiparty politics in s, the late Ntimama was a staunch supporter of the then ruling party Kanu. During the Kanu era, he was vocal against multiparty politics.

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However, after the advent of multiparty politics in the 90s, he decamped from Kanu and joined the Democratic

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William Ole Ntimama Biography, Political Career, and Quotes

William Ronkorua Ole Ntimama (February – September 2, ) was a was a staunch supporter of the ruling party KANU, prior to the adoption of the multiparty politics in Kenya in

Ole Ntimama was vocal against multi-party politics like many diehard Kanu supporters around that time. However, after the advent of multipartyism, he decamped from KANU and joined the Democratic Party (DP), then headed by retired President Mwai Kibaki.

Ole Ntimama later joined the Orange Democratic Movement ODM during the general elections.

He remained in ODM (Orange Democratic Movement]] and was elected to represent the Narok North Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election,

He announced to ditch ODM for TNA on 16 March He announced to retire from politics on September 14,

The vocal Maasai leader is said to have died of natural causes in his house in Narok on Thursday night (September 1, ).

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The Quest for New Political Leadership in the South Rift, Kenya

1In any country, the authority of the government can only derive from the will of the people as expressed in genuine, free and fair elections, held at regular intervals on the basis of the universal, equal and secret suffrage (Gill, ). In Kenya, the electoral campaigns that preceded the March  general elections were expected to enable the citizens to objectively vote for personalities who would access political power.1 The new Kenyan constitution empowers the citizens to control and stop the manipulation of electoral process by political aspirants to fraudulently gain political power. Indeed, this election was for the first time different in various aspects. Firstly, the leading presidential contenders participated in two presidential debates in which they were asked to articulate their policy proposals with regard to important themes, like governance, national unity, corruption and wealth creation, thus putting