Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula is a Kenyan lawyer and politician serving as a member of parliament representing Westlands Constituency. He was first elected as a councillor for the defunct Nairobi City Council in 2007 election, before being elected Westlands MP during 2013 elections and defended his seat in the 2017 and 2022 general elections held on 8 August 2017 and 9 August 2022 respectively. He is a half-brother to Moses Wetangula, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya and former senator for Bungoma County. He is a member of the Orange Democratic Movement.[1]

Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula
9th Member of the Kenyan Parliament for Westlands Constituency
Assumed office
28 March 2013
Preceded byFred Gumo
ConstituencyWestlands Constituency
Personal details
Born
Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula

1963
Mukhweya, Nalondo, Bungoma County, Kenya
Political partyODM
Azimio La Umoja
Other political
affiliations
NASA (before 2022)
SpouseElectina Naswa
RelationsMoses Wetangula (brother)
Children3
ResidenceNairobi
Alma materPunjab University
University of Delhi
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Websitewww.parliament.go.ke
www.facebook.com/TimothyWanyonyiWetangula
NicknameTim

Wetangula founded the Kenya Paraplegic Organisation.[1] He is in the Azimio la Umoja coalition movement that lost in the 2022 general elections.

Family and background

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Wanyonyi, the seventh-born in his family, was brought up in Mukhweya village, Nalondo, Bungoma County. His father, Mzee Dominic Wetang'ula, is a retired teacher and a polygamist. They were brought up in abject poverty, a matter that forced Wanyonyi to repeat classes severally as he sacrificed for his other siblings to also achieve education.

His elder brother, Moses Wetangula, is the current speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, and party leader of the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya. His other siblings include Fred Wetangula who is a Nairobi-based businessman, the Late Tony Wetangula, and a younger sister, Emmeryncian Waswa.

Timothy Wetangula is married to Electina Naswa and they are blessed with three children, a son and twin girls Paulyne and Sophia.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula". Popit. mySociety.org. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.