142:
25:
262:(who had stood for the presidency twice) was no longer capable of convincing voters to support him. He joined the newly relaunched Labour Party of Kenya, and since September 2016 he has been the leader of the Labour Party. In March 2017 the Labour Party announced that it would support the presidential candidacy of
226:
In 2003, he initiated the Ababu
Namwamba Foundation, a charity that supports education, talent growth and economic empowerment for hundreds of young Kenyans. He calls the foundation his ‘payback’ to Kenya, himself a beneficiary of a Jomo Kenyatta Foundation scholarship in high school. The foundation
209:
in such far flung locations as Mumbai, India and Porto Alegre, Brazil. Locally, he pressed for responsible governance through the unique "After the
Promise" annual governance report card. An avid reader and consummate writer, the Hubert Humphrey Fellow/Fulbright alumnus was also a regular columnist
196:
In 2003, he secured a historic ruling in a constitutional case that affirmed the right of children living with HIV/AIDS to attend public schools unfettered. He filed the case for
Chambers of Justice and Nyumbani Children's Home after two schools in Ngong’ and Karen barred children from Nyumbani for
188:
Ababu
Namwamba holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Laws degree in International Law from American University Washington College of Law. Before his election to Parliament in 2007 on his first attempt, he had already built an impressive profile as a public
141:
179:
to Kenyan parents on 23 December 1975, and raised in Uganda and later Kenya. Outside politics he is a public interest attorney specializing in international human rights and constitutional law, and a former columnist with leading newspapers in Kenya.
192:
Namwamba is among pioneers in public interest litigation for the defenseless. In 2004 he won a landmark legal battle in which his client, a Kenyan-born
Pakistani, had been wrongfully accused of terrorism. It was the first case of its kind in Kenya.
197:
their HIV status. This case won
Namwamba international acclaim, winning him the 2004 Global Justice Award which he received in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was inducted onto the roll of Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum in 2009.
200:
As counsel for Swiss national
Marianne Brynner, Namwamba was again in the public eye in 2004/5 as he played a central role in the last probe into the mysterious death of former Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister, the late Dr. Robert Ouko.
227:
offers scholarships to bright students from economically challenged backgrounds, runs a mentorship program for students, supports development of sporting talents and works with women and youth groups on income-generating activities.
204:
This was also the period that saw
Namwamba active on the international lobbying circuit, strongly advocating for international human rights, fair trade practices and debt relief for Africa through platforms like the
189:
interest attorney and crusader for accountable government. He was Chief
Counsel at The Chambers of Justice, a public interest trust he founded in 2002 and ran alongside his law firm, Ababu Namwamba Attorneys-at-Law.
564:
273:
In
January 2018, Namwamba was nominated to the position of Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was sworn into office in March 2018.
559:
251:. He was Parliamentary Secretary of the ODM from 2008 to 2013, and served as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs from 2012 until the ODM lost office in
495:
53:
33:
145:
Hon. Ababu Namwamba taking the oath of office as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs before President Mwai Kibaki at Harambee House, Nairobi
476:
236:
458:
126:
159:) is a Kenyan politician and former Cabinet secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts, having been appointed by President
167:. Ababu is also the immediate Former Chief Administrative Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya.
422:
107:
79:
348:
322:
554:
513:
267:
252:
86:
248:
240:
57:
49:
405:
388:
163:. He is an international lawyer trained in Nairobi and Washington, DC. Since 2016 he has been the leader of the
93:
38:
42:
164:
75:
549:
244:
258:
In 2016, Namwamba quit ODM where he was serving as secretary general. He felt that the party leader
290:
534:
206:
342:
218:, Kenya's top two newspapers, where he wrote weekly political analysis for over five years.
100:
392:
64:
263:
543:
176:
362:
259:
160:
440:
496:"Uhuru unveils new Cabinet, nominates Munya, Shebesh, Ababu, and Marwa"
385:
514:"Newly appointed cabinet administrative secretaries, PS's sworn in"
140:
63:
from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
18:
329:. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017
441:"Kenya: Ababu Namwamba Relaunches Labour Party of Kenya"
298:
270:. Namwamba lost his Budalang'i seat in that election.
291:"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kenya"
235:Namwamba was first elected to parliament in the
8:
459:"Ababu Finally Announces Support for Uhuru"
317:
315:
423:"Ababu Namwamba named Labour Party leader"
56:about living persons that is unsourced or
127:Learn how and when to remove this message
565:Members of the National Assembly (Kenya)
282:
560:Orange Democratic Movement politicians
340:
7:
157:full name Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba
439:Ndonga, Simon (26 September 2016).
406:"Sports Bill; Namwamba's priority"
237:2007 Kenyan parliamentary election
14:
494:Agutu, Nancy (26 January 2018).
477:"Namwamba floored in Budalang'i"
23:
386:Members Of The 10th Parliament
16:Kenyan Resident from Budalangi
1:
34:biography of a living person
429:(Kenya), 22 September 2016.
295:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
175:Ababu Namwamba was born in
61:must be removed immediately
581:
323:"Ababu Namwamba Biography"
249:National Assembly of Kenya
241:Orange Democratic Movement
395:. Accessed June 19, 2008.
347:: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
268:election of August 2017
245:Budalang'i Constituency
146:
48:Please help by adding
367:www.ababunamwamba.com
165:Labour Party of Kenya
144:
445:Capital FM (Nairobi)
412:. 22 September 2012.
391:16 June 2008 at the
243:(ODM), representing
54:Contentious material
555:Kenyan Luhya people
535:Kenyan Labour Party
363:"Ababunamwamba.com"
239:as a member of the
216:Standard on Sunday
207:World Social Forum
147:
483:. 11 August 2017.
253:the 2013 election
222:Community service
137:
136:
129:
111:
37:needs additional
572:
522:
521:
510:
504:
503:
491:
485:
484:
473:
467:
466:
465:. 11 March 2017.
455:
449:
448:
436:
430:
420:
414:
413:
402:
396:
383:
377:
376:
374:
373:
359:
353:
352:
346:
338:
336:
334:
319:
310:
309:
307:
306:
297:. Archived from
287:
231:Political career
132:
125:
121:
118:
112:
110:
76:"Ababu Namwamba"
69:
50:reliable sources
27:
26:
19:
580:
579:
575:
574:
573:
571:
570:
569:
540:
539:
531:
526:
525:
520:. 2 March 2018.
512:
511:
507:
493:
492:
488:
475:
474:
470:
457:
456:
452:
438:
437:
433:
421:
417:
404:
403:
399:
393:Wayback Machine
384:
380:
371:
369:
361:
360:
356:
339:
332:
330:
321:
320:
313:
304:
302:
289:
288:
284:
279:
233:
224:
186:
173:
133:
122:
116:
113:
70:
68:
47:
28:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
578:
576:
568:
567:
562:
557:
552:
542:
541:
538:
537:
530:
529:External links
527:
524:
523:
505:
486:
468:
450:
431:
415:
410:Nairobi Digest
397:
378:
354:
311:
281:
280:
278:
275:
264:Uhuru Kenyatta
232:
229:
223:
220:
185:
184:Legal practice
182:
172:
169:
150:Ababu Namwamba
135:
134:
58:poorly sourced
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
577:
566:
563:
561:
558:
556:
553:
551:
550:Living people
548:
547:
545:
536:
533:
532:
528:
519:
515:
509:
506:
501:
497:
490:
487:
482:
478:
472:
469:
464:
463:Kenyans.co.ke
460:
454:
451:
446:
442:
435:
432:
428:
424:
419:
416:
411:
407:
401:
398:
394:
390:
387:
382:
379:
368:
364:
358:
355:
350:
344:
328:
327:Softkenya.com
324:
318:
316:
312:
301:on 2019-03-18
300:
296:
292:
286:
283:
276:
274:
271:
269:
265:
261:
256:
254:
250:
246:
242:
238:
230:
228:
221:
219:
217:
213:
212:Sunday Nation
208:
202:
198:
194:
190:
183:
181:
178:
177:Jinja, Uganda
170:
168:
166:
162:
158:
154:
151:
143:
139:
131:
128:
120:
109:
106:
102:
99:
95:
92:
88:
85:
81:
78: –
77:
73:
72:Find sources:
66:
62:
59:
55:
51:
45:
44:
40:
35:
30:
21:
20:
517:
508:
499:
489:
481:Daily Nation
480:
471:
462:
453:
447:. AllAfrica.
444:
434:
427:The Standard
426:
418:
409:
400:
381:
370:. Retrieved
366:
357:
331:. Retrieved
326:
303:. Retrieved
299:the original
294:
285:
272:
260:Raila Odinga
257:
234:
225:
215:
211:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
174:
161:William Ruto
156:
152:
149:
148:
138:
123:
117:October 2023
114:
104:
97:
90:
83:
71:
60:
43:verification
36:
544:Categories
372:2019-06-26
305:2019-06-26
277:References
214:and later
87:newspapers
333:29 August
210:with the
171:Biography
39:citations
500:The Star
389:Archived
343:cite web
65:libelous
518:Ebru TV
266:in the
247:in the
101:scholar
153:E.G.H.
103:
96:
89:
82:
74:
108:JSTOR
94:books
32:This
349:link
335:2017
80:news
41:for
546::
516:.
498:.
479:.
461:.
443:.
425:,
408:.
365:.
345:}}
341:{{
325:.
314:^
293:.
255:.
52:.
502:.
375:.
351:)
337:.
308:.
155:(
130:)
124:(
119:)
115:(
105:·
98:·
91:·
84:·
67:.
46:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
