1. Hon. Nyiva Mwendwa, MP and Minister
2. Hon. Kitili Maluki Mwendwa, Kenya’s first black Chief Justice and MP
He was the first African (Kenyan) to hold the position of Chief Justice in Kenya after attainment of independence.The late Kitili was the husband to Hon. Nyiva Mwendwa, the former MP and Cabinet Minister.In 1984, he was elected Kitui West MP on a by election but served shortly since he met untimely death on a traffic road accident in 1985.He was succeded by his brother,Hon. Kyale.
3. Hon. Kyale Mwendwa, MP
Kyale was elected Kitui West law maker in 1986 to replace Kitili Mwendwa, his brother.He was subsequently elected in the 1988 general elections.
4. Hon. Eliud Ngala Mwendwa, Cabinet Minister
E.N Mwendwa served as the first Minister for Labour and Social Services in the Kenya’s firt independence 1963 government headed by the founding father of Kenya, the late H.E Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.He died in 2016 in Nairobi Hospital due to old age related sickness.EN Mwendwa also was appointed the first member represent Kitui in LegCo after attainment of independence in 1963.
5. Kitili Maluki Mwendwa (son of Hon. Nyiva Mwendwa)
Kitili Maluki Mwendwa
He is the son to Nyiva Mwendwa and Kitili Maluki Mwendwa, the late MP and Chief Justice.He expressed his interest to succeed the late Hon. Francis Nyenze in 2018 March by elections in Kitui West but was floored during Wiper Party primaries by Nyenze’s widow, Edith Vethi Nyenze, who also managed to scoop the parliamentary seat during the by elections.
Sources: kituionline.com,pulselive.com,hivisasa.com