Mbiyu Koinange was a Kenyan politician who served in the government and cabinet of the country’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta, for 16 years. During the period, Mbiyu Koinange represented the people of Kimbaa Constituency as their Member of Parliament.
He additionally served in various ministerial portfolios including Minister of State for Education, External Affairs, Pan African Affairs as well as Minister of State in the office of the President. Mbiyu Koinange was born in 1907.
Mbiyu Koinange was the first Kenyan to get higher education by enrolling at Hampton Institute, Virginia, USA. After completing, he proceeded to Ohio where he got a Bachelor’s Degree. His insatiable desire to be educated also took him to study at Columbia University, Cambridge, and the University of London.
Mbiyu Koinange Siblings
Mbiyu Koinange has an elder sister called Isabella Koinange who is one of Kenyan’s first trained African nurses and a younger brother Charles Karuga Koinange who served as a colonial chief and a civil servant in independent Kenya.
Mbiyu Koinange Property
Mbiyu Koinange in his lifetime acquired several properties including an estate worth Ksh. 30 billion today and vast investments in the mining sector.
Mbiyu Koinange Grandchildren
Much information cannot be found on the grandchildren of Mbiyu Koinange.
Mbiyu Koinange Death
Mbiyu Koinange died on 3rd September, 1981.
Mbiyu Koinange Family
The family of Koinange is a very prominent family in Kenya. Some members of the family include Frederick Mbiyu Koinange, John Karuga Koinange, Charles Karuga Koinange, Jeff Koinange, Dr. Wilfried Karuga Koinange amongst others.