High-Level Segment (HLS) of Council 2008


Geneva, 12-13 November 2008

 

 
Biography of H.E. Mr. Samuel Lesuron Poghisio, MP
Minister of Information and Communications
Kenya
Hon. Samuel Poghisio is the Minister for Information and Communications, Kenya, having been appointed to this office in January 2008. He is an elected Member of Parliament of the Kenyan National Assembly and currently serving for the fourth term since he joined politics in 1988.

Hon Poghisio was a temporary speaker in the 2002-7 parliament term, besides being on several parliamentary committees. Between the year 2000 and 2002, Hon. Poghisio served as an Assistant Minister for Education, Science and Technology between, a Member of the ACP – EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and member of the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank.

Following his passion for humanitarian issues, Hon Poghisio remains active in peace making forums including the Amani Forum, a peace forum for MPs from the Eastern and Central African region where he has served as a Chairman.