Tim Wanyonyi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Order:9th
Office:Member of the Kenyan Parliament for Westlands Constituency
Term Start:28 March 2013
Constituency:Westlands Constituency
Predecessor:Fred Gumo
Birth Date:1963
Birth Place:Mukhweya, Nalondo, Bungoma County, Kenya
Birthname:Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula
Party:ODM
Azimio La Umoja
Otherparty:NASA (before 2022)
Spouse:Electina Naswa
Relations:Moses Wetangula (brother)
Children:3
Residence:Nairobi
Alma Mater:Punjab University
University of Delhi
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Lawyer
Website:
Nickname:Tim

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]

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula. Popit. mySociety.org. 15 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160425220015/https://kenyan-politicians.popit.mysociety.org/persons/core_person%3A3036. April 25, 2016.