Ochola Ogaye Mak'Anyengo

Ochola Ogaye Mak’Anyengo
Member of Parliament (Ndhiwa Constituency)
In office
1983–1990
PresidentDaniel Arap Moi
Preceded byZablon Owigo Olang
Succeeded byMartin Otieno Ogingo
Assistant Minister of Health
In office
1983 – April 1986
PresidentDaniel Arap Moi
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
April 1986 – March 1988
PresidentDaniel Arap Moi
Assistant Minister of Culture and Social Services
In office
March 1988 – November 1990
PresidentDaniel Arap Moi
Personal details
Born
George Philip Ochola

(1930-04-13)13 April 1930
South Nyanza, Kenya Colony
Died6 November 1990(1990-11-06) (aged 60)
Nairobi, Kenya
Political partyNairobi People's Convention Party
Kenya African National Union
Kenya People’s Union (K.P.U.)
Parents
  • Yohana Anyengo[1] (father)
  • Rael Ogondi (mother)
EducationAfrican Labour College (Kampala)
University of Chicago
OccupationTrade Unionist
Politician
Trade Union PositionsSecretary-General of the Kenya Petroleum Oil Workers Union

Assistant Secretary-General of the All Africa Trade Union Federation

Vice-President of the Africa Chapter of the International Federation of Petroleum Workers

Secretary-General of the Kenya African Workers Union

Secretary-General of Railways and Harbours Union

Ochola Ogaye Mak'Anyengo, also known as George Philip Ochola (1930–1990) was a Kenyan trade unionist and Member of Parliament for Ndhiwa, South Nyanza, Kenya.[2] He was involved in the fight for Kenya's independence and was a beneficiary of the Mboya-Kennedy airlifts.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Osieyo, Stephen (19 June 2020). "Ochola Makanyengo. What a manner of a man". Namlolwe Anecdotes. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Ngʼweno, Hilary; Dias, Lorna, Makers of a nation: the men and women in Kenya's history. Ochola Mak'Anyengo, NTV (Television station : Nairobi, Kenya), Nation Media Group Limited, Kenya History & Biographies Co. Ltd, NTV : Kenya History & Biographies Co., Ltd, retrieved 6 March 2024
  3. ^ Kenya, the National Epic: From the Pages of Drum Magazine By Garth Bundeh and James R. A. Bailey East African Publishers, 1993
  4. ^ Airlift to America: How Barack Obama Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African Students Changed Their World and Ours by Tom Shachtman. St. Martin's Press (15 September 2009)
  5. ^ Kenyan Student Airlifts to America 1959-1961: An Educational Odyssey By Stephens, Robert F. East African Educational Publishers (Jan, 2014)