Simon Thuo Kairo

Simon Thuo Kairo
Kenyan Ambassador to China
In office
1964 – 1965
Succeeded by Henry Nzioka Mulli
Personal details
Born 1930[1]
Kikuyu
Died 30th August 2007 aged 77
Kileleshwa[2]
Spouse(s) Nellie Wanjiro Kairo
Alma mater

Budo College, Uganda

Was one of the beneficiaries of the first Kenyan student airlift to America in 1959.

Graduated in 1963 from Huron College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

  • Studied at Northeast State Teachers College, Missouri from 1959-1960.


  • 1960-1961 Long Island University, New York.


  • 1961-1963: Huron College, South Dakota.

Simon Thuo Kairo was a Kenyan diplomat.

Career

  • He was Assistant Clerk in the Kenyan Parliament.[3]
  • In 1963 he joined the Diplomatic Service.
  • From 1964 to 1965 he was Second Secretary and Charge d'Affaires in Beijing to open Kenya's embassy there.
  • In 1965 he became Private Secretary to Jomo Kenyatta.[4][5][6]
  • In 1968 he founded the first Kenyan owned Tours and Safaris operation, Malaika Safaris.
  • On November 1, 1974 he was elected in the Constituency of Nakuru East as Member of the Kenyan National Assembly and was appointed Assistant Minister for Labour.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Who's who in East Africa, 1967, p. 57
  2. ↑ Kenya Gazette,
  3. ↑ Jim C. Harper, Western-Educated Elites in Kenya, 1900-1963: The African American Factor, p. 121
  4. ↑ Kenyan Student Airlifts to America 1959-1961: An Educational Odyssey, p.47
  5. ↑ Western-Simon Thuo Kairo: Educated Elites in Kenya, 1900-1963 p.121
  6. ↑ Kenya Gazette, 2 January 1998: Kenya High Commission, Lusaka. p.15
  7. ↑ Kenya Gazette November 1, 1974,
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