In less than five years, the Maa Community has been in tears mourning their fallen heroes.
Maasai community mourns 4 key leaders [Full list]
Here is all you need to know about the veteran Maasai land leaders who perished mysteriously.
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The leaders have been iconic in the social, economic and political transformation of the Maasai people in Kenya.
Here is a list
Joseph Nkaissery
- Born on 28 November 1949 in Kajiado County
- Prior to being a politician, he served in the KDF since 1973. He later became the major-general in the Kenya Army.
- In 1987, he was appointed the military assistant to the Chief of General Staff. He also served as a commandant of the Armed Forces Training College.
- He retired in December 2002 after 29 years of military service.
- Nkaissery was elected to the National Assembly in 2002 and also served as an Assistant Minister for Internal Security in the cabinet of President Mwai Kibaki from 2008 to 2013.
- He was the Assistant Minister when Kenya launched the Operation Linda Nchi in 2011 by KDF.
- On 2 December 2014, Nkaissery was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta for the post of Cabinet Secretary for Internal Security.
- He replaced Joseph Ole Lenku, who has “technically failed” to suppress Al-Shabaab
- He was in ODM, but moved after being appointed CS.
- On 8 July 2017, Nkaissery was pronounced dead in the morning, a few hours after he was admitted to Karen Hospital in Nairobi for a medical check-up.
John Keen
- Mr Keen was a vocal defender of the Maasai Community and served as the Kajiado North Member of Parliament for over ten years.
- He passed on Sunday, December 25 at 3:00am at the Aga Khan Hospital while undergoing treatment.
- Born to a German father, Keen was among the biggest land owners in the country and sensitized the Maa Community on the importance of defending their land.
- In September this year, Mr Keen was admitted at a Nairobi Hospital after suffering health complications.
- He was also a defender of wildlife conservation. In 2015, he donated a 300-acre piece of land to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), which he named after his daughter, Silole.
William ole Ntimama
- He was born in February 1928
- He announced to retire from politics on September 14, 2013.
- Ole Ntimama announced that he had joined the Jubilee Party headed by President Uhuru Kenyatta on 12 August 2016 where he led a delegation to state house.
- Later on he welcomed President Uhuru Kenya to what has now been seen as a farewell meeting.
- During the event held on 14 August 2016, he led a declaration by the Maasai community to rejoin the Jubilee Coalition.
Prof George Saitoti
- Born in 1945
- Entered politics as finance minister in 1983
- Served as an executive director of the World Bank and IMF from 1990-2001
- Several stints as Kenya's vice-president 1988 and 2002
- Briefly stepped down in 1996 over corruption allegations
- Had announced his intention to run for presidency in 2013
- He perished together with his assistant Orwa Ojode in a deadly plane crash in Ngong Forest, in the outskirts of Nairobi
- He was a professor of Mathematics
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