Moses Masika Wetangula profile

Biography

Name:              Moses Masika Wetangula

DOB:                13 September 1956, Bungoma, Kenya

Status:              Married

Education

Professional career

He runs a law firm in Kakamega.

Political career

Moses Wetangula was nominated as a KANU MP after the 1992 general election, serving until 1997. He has held several other previous public positions which include that of magistrate and the chairman Electricity Regulatory Board.

Wetangula actively participated in organisation of funds-drives to set up projects on self-help basis and has been offering legal services to the local people. He has mobilised women and the youth to initiate income generating projects. He is currently in Ford Kenya.

Controversy

Wetangula left his ministerial post on 27 October 2010 due to ongoing investigation on his alleged involvement in the Kenyan Tokyo embassy scandal. It was alleged that instead of accepting free property from the government of Japan for the embassy, 1.6 billion shillings was withheld from the sale of Kenyan property in Nigeria and used to buy a less suitable property.

George Saitoti served as acting foreign minister during Wetangula's absence. He was absolved of the allegations and returned to the ministry in August 2011, though he permanently left the position a few months later to successfully contest for the position of Senator for Bungoma County.