Sam Ongeri

(Amb)Prof Samson Kegengo Ongeri,EGH,M.P is a Kenyan politician. He is currently the Senator for Kisii County.[1]

(Amb)Prof

Sam Ongeri

EGH,M.P
Sam Ongeri (2012).
Senator for Kisii County
Assumed office
2017

Prof Sam Ongeri was first elected to Parliament in 1988 and was a member until 1992.[2] He was re-elected to represent the Nyaribari Masaba Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in 1997. His tenure lasted until 2002.[3] As a member of the Orange Democratic Movement, he was Minister of Education from 2007 to 2012 and Foreign Minister of Kenya between 2012 and 2013. He was unsuccessful in his first run to represent Kisii County as a senator in 2013, losing to Chris Obure.[4] In 2017 he was elected as Kisii County Senator, becoming the oldest member of the Kenyan Senate.[2] He was the chairman of Athletics Kenya from 1974 to 1984.[5]

On 12 September 2012, Ongeri was among a Kenyan delegation meeting in Mogadishu with newly elected Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, when two suicide bombers and two gunmen dressed in government uniforms attempted an attack on the Jazeera Hotel where the officials had convened. There were reportedly around 10 casualties, among which were three Somali security detail, one AU peacekeeper, and the assailants themselves.[6] None of the assembled statesmen were harmed.[7] The Al-Shabaab militant group later claimed responsibility for the attacks.[6]

References
  1. "Parliament of Kenya - Sen. Ongeri Samson Kegengo". Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  2. "Meet Kenya's oldest Senator". Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  3. Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed 19 June 2008.
  4. Moraa, Jackline (16 September 2013). "Court dismisses petition against Kisii Senator Chris Obure". Daily Nation.
  5. Athletics Kenya Chairmen Archived 2009-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Somalia: Newly elected President Hassan and foreign dignitaries survive multiple bomb blasts". Garowe Online. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  7. Roggio, Bill (12 September 2012). "Shabaab suicide bombers attack new Somali president, Kenyan foreign minister". Long War Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
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