Joseph K. Munyao
Joseph Konzolo Munyao was a Kenyan politician and Cabinet minister. He represented Mbooni Constituency in the National Assembly in three non-consecutive terms and served as Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development in President Mwai Kibaki’s administration from 2003 to 2007.
Early life and education
Munyao was born in Makueni County and educated at Kibauni Primary, Makueni Intermediate, and Machakos School between 1958 and 1961. He worked as a bank clerk at Standard Bank before joining the provincial administration as an accountant in the Office of the President. Between 1969 and 1972, he served as a financial attaché at the Kenyan embassy in Moscow.Political career
Munyao entered politics in the 1963 general election but first won election in 1975 following a successful by-election petition in Mbooni Constituency. He lost his seat in 1979 and regained it in 1983 under the ruling Kenya African National Union party, serving until 1988. In 1991, he co-founded the Democratic Party (Kenya) with Mwai Kibaki.In 2002, he was re-elected as MP under the National Rainbow Coalition platform and appointed Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development in President Kibaki’s government. He lost the Mbooni seat in the 2007 general election to Mutula Kilonzo.