Lawrence Sifuna
Kenyan politician
Lawrence Simiyu Sifuna (23 January 1946 – 3 December 2023) was a Kenyan politician who was a member of Parliament for Bumula, the first MP of that constituency. He was first elected to the Kenyan Parliament on 8 November 1979 in the then larger Bungoma South constituency. Sifuna was re-elected in 1983 too. He lost to former North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Maurice Makhanu in the 1988 Kenyan general election after the Bungoma South constituency was renamed Kanduyi. Sifuna recaptured the seat during the first multi-party 1992 Kenyan general election on a Ford Asili ticket.
Early life and education
Sifuna went to Sang'alo School and Nalondo Intermediate School before he moved to Mariri College in Uganda, where he sat for the Cambridge General Certificate of Education (CGCE) examination. He was a fully trained chartered accountant, a Fellow of Chartered Accountants (FCA) and a Fellow of the Association of International Accountants (FAIA). Sifuna was a household name in Bungoma County popular for defending the welfare of sugarcane growers.
Career
Sifuna served as a member of parliament for the Bungoma South constituency from 1979 to 1983, when he was re-elected on the Kenya African National Union party ticket, which ended in 1988.
In the 1988 election, Bungoma South constituency was subdivided into smaller constituencies and he lost the seat to Maurice Makhanu for the Kanduyi member of parliament seat.
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