He was born on June 13, 1954 (age 63), in Makueni County.

Alma Mater

Graduate Student ;(MA - Theological Studies) Of  Africa International University.Graduate Student (SJD) of George Washington University, USA: International Law; International Human Rights Law; Comparative Law; Jurisprudence and Legal Theory.

Graduate Student (LLM) of Harvard University, USA : Anthropological Approaches to Law; International Business Transactions; Labour Law; U.S.A. Constitutional Law; Foreign Investment in Natural Resources.

Graduate Student (LLM) of University of London : Comparative Constitutional Laws of the Commonwealth; Law of Natural Resources Africa South of the Sahara; Principles of Civil Litigation; Jurisprudence and Legal Theory.

Undergraduate Student (LLB.) of University of Nairobi  Upper Second Class Honours

Professional career

He has been an Spokesperson of National Convention Executive Council (NCEC)  and Associate Professor of University of Nairobi, Dean, Faculty of Law, of University of Nairobi, Senior Lecturer  of University of Nairobi ,Chairman of Department of private law ,Lecturer of University of Nairobi.

Political Career

In 2002, when the Kibaki administration came to power under National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), he became a Member of Parliament  for Makueni  Constituency, and Minister of both Land and Settlements and Environment & Natural Resources.

He would later in 2007 be appointed as Kibaki’s Presidential Advisor (Constitutional, Parliamentary & Youth Affairs in the of Office of the President. He became the flag bearer of Muungano Party and eventually won the Gubernatorial election.