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Revision as of 01:02, 5 March 2015
- for the British makeup artist, see Phil Leakey
Philip Leakey (born 21 June 1949) is a former member of the Kenyan Parliament. He 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 Leighton Park School.
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References
- ^ Time, November 19, 1979: Arap Moi Again
- ^ Kenya Times, December 11, 2005: Archived 2005-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
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