Fred Mbiti Gideon Mati

Fredrick Mbiti Gideon Mati
Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
Assumed office
6th February 1970
Constituency Kitui County
Assumed office
1963
Minister for Health and Housing
President Jomo Kenyatta
Member of the kenya legislative council
In office
1961–1963
Constituency Kitui North
Personal details
Born Kenya
Died Kenya
Nationality Kenyan

Fredrick Mbiti Gideon Mati was the first African and longest serving Speaker of the Kenyan Parliament having been elected speaker on 6 February 1970. [1][2]

He was the first MP for Kitui North now current Kitui County.

He was one of the first two people from Ukambani to receive a university degree.

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