Mbiyu Koinange
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Peter Mbiyu Koinange was a politician from Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...



His father Koinange Wa Mbiyu was a Kikuyu chief. Mbiyu Koinange moved to the United States in 1927 for studying. He went to Hampton Institute in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 and then Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five — a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges...

 in Delaware, Ohio
Delaware, Ohio
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 .

He was the Kiambaa Constituency
Kiambaa Constituency
Kiambaa Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of five constituencies in Kiambu District. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections.- Members of Parliament :- Locations and wards :- References :...

 MP from 1963 to 1974 when Njenga Karume
Njenga Karume
- Business :Karume holds diploma in business management from Jeans School . While Kenya was still under colonial rule, he formed a wholesale shop on Grogan Road in Nairobi. It was one of the few shops in Kenya operated by indigenous people.Later he operated the Nararashi Distributors, who...

 was elected the Kiambaa MP . He also served as the foreign minister of Kenya
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