Born 5 December 1927 in Butere, Kakamega County. He was the9th Vice President of Kenya from 25 September 2003 to 9 January2008. Uncle Moody is a marriage counselor, businessman and a philanthropist.
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| Moody Awori at the 12th conference of the parties to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
He attended Mangu High School in 1935 and later KakamegaHigh School before leaving for Makerere University in Uganda.
In 1983, he was for the first time elected as a Member ofParliament of Funyula Constituency. Under President Moi’s regime, he served inseveral positions as assistant minister. In 2002, he joined the NationalRainbow Coalition (NARC) and went along to be appointed Minister of HomeAffairs in 2003 in President Mwai Kibaki’s government. He became the VicePresident after the death of the 8th Vice President of Kenya,Michael Kijana Wamalwa in London.
In the December 2007 general elections, he lost the Funyulaparliamentary seat to Dr. Otuoma and left active politics. He had served for 25years being the longest serving MP from Western Kenya. Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka succeededhim as the 10th Vice President of Kenya.
His family that of an Anglican Clergyman has been a bigcontributor in the political scene, with his elder brother W.W.W Awori being inthe Legislative Council (LegCo) in the 50’s. While the younger one, AggreyAwori a Ugandan politician who contested in the 2001 Uganda elections and camethird.
He is also a brother to Mary Okelo, the first woman in EastAfrica to head a Barclays Bank, founder of the Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT)and Makini chain of schools.
In 2006, John Githongo implicated him in the Anglo Leasingscandal in a report released to the public.
As the Minister of Home Affairs, he will be remembered forhis introduction of reforms in the prison facilities in the country andrehabilitation of street children. As a business tycoon, Moody is one of therichest people in Kenya with interests in many sectors of the economy such asthe Mareba Enterprises Ltd and Mocian Ltd.
Other positions out of politics held:
Chairman of Francis Da Gama Rose Group
Director of the East Africa Building Society
Chairman of Mercantile Life and General Insurance CompanyLtd
Board of Macmillan Publishers Kenya Ltd
Board of Akiba Bank Ltd
Director of Securicor Security Services Ltd
Board of Eveready East Africa Ltd
He is the founder chairman of the Association for thePhysically Disabled of Kenya, a position he held for the last 42 years. He alsoset up the Kenya office of international charity Christian Children’s Fund, inwhich donors in the US and Canada sponsor needy children in Kenya.
He is also the Safaricom Foundation Goodwill Ambassador.
Awards to his name:
Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of NewHampshire, US (2004)
Elder of the Golden Heart (EGH)
Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS)
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