{"id":10803,"date":"2021-09-27T18:10:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/politics.mulembenation.co.ke\/2021\/09\/27\/mukhisa-kituyi-things-you-didnt-know-about-politician-and-former-unctad-secretary-general\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T08:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T08:10:49","slug":"mukhisa-kituyi-things-you-didnt-know-about-politician-and-former-unctad-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mulembenation.co.ke\/politics\/mukhisa-kituyi-things-you-didnt-know-about-politician-and-former-unctad-secretary-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Mukhisa Kituyi: Things you didn\u2019t know about the former two-term UNCTAD Secretary General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who is this man Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi? Here are three things that you didn\u2019t<\/strong> know about, at one time, the highest ranking Kenyan in the UN hierarchy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the recommendation of the Secretary-General, after consultation with Member States, the General Assembly confirmed Mukhisa Kituyi of Kenya as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for a further four years, beginning on 1 September 2017 and ending on 31 August 2021. Mr. Kituyi served for an initial four year term as UNCTAD\u2019s seventh Secretary-General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukhisa Kituyi is brain & brawn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Bukusu<\/em> are a proud people. The most obvious way this manifests is in their efforts at preserving Kimiima<\/em>. For all the fanfare of Lukembe <\/a>(<\/em>for example) nothing beats how as a people, they celebrate and look up to those they\u2019ve bestowed leadership on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike, the Maasai, a Bukusu<\/em> leader must be hoisted shoulder high in a manner that omwami<\/a> Bonni Khalwale has claimed as his signature triumphant entry to political rallies. No holds barred. There is a Bukusu saying \u201cOmwami omuria\u201d one must respect leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bukusu apologetically revere their leaders almost to a fault. If you are aware of this community\u2019s pride in its mwana omberi<\/em>, foremost sons, you\u2019d be mistaken to take Mukhisa Kituyi for simply living to the community\u2019s expectations. His stint as Cabinet Secretary in Kibaki\u2019s government talked to his substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His intriguing ascent<\/a> to the position of Secretary General of UNCTAD, served to only affirm what we already knew about his credentials as an intellectual and thought leader. What most have failed to appreciate though is his 15 years as an elected member of Kenya\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukhisa Kituyi Politics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1992 to 2007 to be precise. Having defeated the fiery Elijah Mwangale and losing to army man Dr. Eseli Simiyu respectively<\/a>. Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi\u2019s political battles is fodder for another day. But from his run-ins with Bungoma\u2019s combo of former Embaksai MP the late David Mwenje and Kiambu governor aspirant Ferdinard Waitatu \u2013 the volcanic Wamunyiniyi- to Bungoma Women Rep Reginalda Wanyonyi\u2019s<\/a> tribulations challenging him, wa\u2019kifumbusia\u2019s<\/em> political life is quite a tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, anyone who understands politics of mulembe<\/a> will attest to what it takes to be elected three times consecutively. Then there is his indelible role in clamor for democracy in Kenya. Facing teargas, police brutality, threat of jail and economic disenfranchisement. For a man, an intellectual, who\u2019s supposed to be holed up in the relative safety of lecture halls not the streets of Nairobi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when the man from Kimilili talks tough<\/a>, be assured the sternness stems from real battles in the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukhisa Kituyi is by all means a member of the elite class, but uncharacteristically an unashamed ambassador of Bukusu culture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kituyi rocks traditional African wear- floral print shirt and Karakal? hat- at the ninth WTO Ministerial conference, Bali, on 4th December 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A Makerere graduate. Educated in Norway. Holding academic positions in both Norway and Kenya. Brookings Institution fellow. Reads just some of the highlights of the credentials of Mukhisa Kituyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many would have shun and disengage with their roots with such an impressive CV and life experience, but not wa kifumbusia<\/em>. The lead hunting dog. The man who\u2019s just earned another four years at the helm of UNCTAD<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who can dance Kamabeka kamasisumula<\/em> as well as Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukhisa once treated an audience to a ten minute kamabeka dance. Sumptuous! He left the dance floor sweating his  balding head shiny with perspiration. Thinking of it, probably only one-time Labour Party Webuye East parliamentary aspirant Dan Simiyu can keep up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who can speak fluent Lubukusu<\/a> like Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi? Despite the fact that he ruled the Amtalla region that boasts of being home to the generic Bukusu who speak swahilinised Bukusu, Dr Kituyi has stuck to his original fluent Bukusu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Probably only Bifwoli Wakoli can match his oratory skills in proper Lubukusu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This son of a pioneer USFW (United Society of Friends Women) leader is not your typical Quaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Religious Society of Quakers, the founders of Pennsylvania state, were considered to be the most radical groups to arise from the English Reformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radical because of their ideas on slavery (abolishment). Religious practice\/equal rights for women (women to communion together with men and even lead the church- think of Mukhisa\u2019s mother leadership of the Quakers in Western Kenya). War (Quakers were pacifists who refused to participate in war).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By these yardsticks, Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi\u2019s radical streak is easy to explain. His penchant for democracy and the rights of the down trodden understandable. But there is one quality that has come to become almost pathognomic of  Quakerisim. Something that this son of Mulembe<\/a> at times comes across as not being: humility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As seen here, and also as was the case during his taking of office as a Member of Kenya\u2019s Cabinet, Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi appears to \u2018affirm\u2019 rather than take oath by holding his right hand as opposed to the norm whereby  taking oath is by holding up a Bible\/Quran as is the norm. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As T. Kidd writes<\/a>, this key doctrine of Quaker faith arises from plain reading of Matthew 5:33-37, in which Jesus said: \u201cSwear not at all\u2026But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay. A principle reflected in America\u2019s Constitution\u2019s oath of office for the president. which by including the word \u2018affirm\u2019 takes into account Quaker doctrines: \u201cI do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coronation as Bukusu Elder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At a controversial event that took place on 26th September 2021 at his Makalo home in Kimilili constituency, Bungoma county<\/a> Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi was coronated as a Bukusu elder by elders drawn from diverse houses of Mulembe. To witness the event where Dr. Mukhisa was ceremoniously adorned with articles of a Bukusu elder, as elders from other communities such as the Kikuyu witnessing the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukhisa’s speech at Bukusu elder coronation ceremony<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Flanked by NARC Kenya leader Martha Karua and Makueni governor Kivutha Kibwana, Dr. Mukhisa termed the event as indicative of the support from friends and wider community for his bid for presidency during the 2022 Kenya General Elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other politicians to grace the event included former Bumula MP Wakoli Bifwoli<\/a> and Bungoma’s deputy governor Prof. Charles Ngome Kibanani. Dr. Christine Wekesa was the chief of protocol at the event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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