Philip Leakey

Philip Leakey (born 21 June 1949 in Nairobi) is a former member of the Kenyan Parliament.

For the British makeup artist, see Phil Leakey.

Career

Leakey represented the KANU party led by then president Daniel Arap Moi. He was an MP of Langata Constituency from 1979 [1] and served as a cabinet minister for a short stint. He lost his parliamentary seat in the 1992 Kenyan general elections, the first multiparty elections in Kenya, when Raila Odinga won the Langata seat.[2]

Together with his wife Katy Leakey, he runs The Leakey Collection, a company exporting products made by Maasai handicrafts.

His parents are Louis and Mary Leakey, both famous paleontologists. Philip is brother to Richard and Jonathan Leakey, and half-brother to Colin Leakey. His children by his second wife, Valerie Fraser Leakey, are Lara Fraser Leakey , Kyela Fraser Leakey and Tiana Fraser Leakey. He was educated at Lenana School, Nairobi (formerly the Duke of York School).

Position in the Leakey family

References
  1. Time, November 19, 1979: Arap Moi Again
  2. Kenya Times, December 11, 2005: "MP talks of plot to arrest Raila". Archived from the original on December 15, 2005. Retrieved 2007-03-03.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Political offices
Preceded by
Mwangi Maathai		 Member of the National Assembly of Kenya
for Langata
1979-1992		 Succeeded by
Raila Odinga
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