Moses Wetangula
| Moses Wetangula | |
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| Senate Minority Leader | |
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In office 17 April 2013 – 14 September 2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Hassan Abdurrahman (acting) |
| Senator for Bungoma County | |
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In office 28 March 2013 – 16 October 2013 |
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| Succeeded by | (established) |
| Minister for Trade | |
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In office 27 March 2012 – 10 April 2013 |
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| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Preceded by | Chirau Ali Mwakwere |
| Succeeded by | (abolished) |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 24 August 2011 – 26 March 2012 |
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| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Preceded by | George Saitoti (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sam Ongeri |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 10 January 2008 – 27 March 2010 |
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| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Preceded by | Raphael Tuju |
| Succeeded by | George Saitoti (acting) |
| Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 17 June 2003 – 10 January 2008 |
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| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Succeeded by | Richard Onyonka |
| Member of Parliament for Sirisia Constituency | |
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In office 9 January 2003 – 14 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | John Barasa Munyasia |
| Succeeded by | John Waluke Koyi |
| Nominated Member of Parliament | |
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In office 26 January 1993 – 10 November 1997 |
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| President | Daniel arap Moi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1956 |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party | FORD-Kenya |
| Alma mater | University of Nairobi (LLB) |
Moses Masika Wetangula (born 13 September 1956) is a Kenyan politician. He served in the government of Kenya as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012, and he was Minister for Trade from 2012 to 2013.
Wetangula represented Sirisia Constituency in the National Assembly from February 2003 until January 2013. He was elected to the Senate of Kenya in 2013, representing Bungoma County, and became Minority Leader in the Senate.
Wetangula went to Nalondo Primary School, Busakala secondary school, Teremi Secondary School, and Friends School Kamusinga before being admitted to the University of Nairobi, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree. He was a member of the Board of Directors of ICROSS Kenya from 1989, stepping down when he became Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs.
He 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.
Wetangula was elected to the National Assembly in the December 2002 parliamentary election. In the Cabinet appointed by President Mwai Kibaki on 8 January 2008, in the midst of a crisis regarding the results of the concurrent presidential election, Wetangula was named Minister for Foreign Affairs. Later in January, in reaction to criticism from the United Kingdom regarding the presidential election, Wetangula summoned the United Kingdom's High Commissioner, Adam Wood, to complain, and he said that "our elections don't need a stamp of authority from the House of Commons". After a power-sharing agreement was reached between Kibaki and Raila Odinga, both of whom claimed victory in the presidential election, Wetangula retained his post in the Grand Coalition Cabinet named on 13 April 2008.
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