Philip Leakey

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

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

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References

The Leakey Collection

Time, November 19, 1979: Arap Moi Again
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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[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)