Mathias Benedict Keah (29 September 1943 – 25 July 2005) was a Kenyan politician and the Member of Parliament for

Kaloleni Constituency Kaloleni Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populo ...

in the Coast Province from 1988 to 2001. During this period, he also served as an Assistant Minister in the Ministries of Finance, Land & Settlement and Transport & Communications respectively.

Early life

Keah was born on September 29, 1943, in Kizingo Village,

Jibana The Jibana or Dzihana people are an ethnic group from Kenya and a subgroup of the Mijikenda Mijikenda may refer to: *Mijikenda peoples *Mijikenda language Mijikenda is a Bantu dialect cluster spoken along the coast of East Africa, mostly in ...

Location in

Kilifi District Kilifi District was an administrative district in the Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital was coastal town Kilifi. The district had a population of 281,552. Kilifi District was created by the colonial government in the 1920s. Its subdivision, Mal ...

. He attended primary school in Kizingo after which joined St. Georges Secondary School for his Secondary Education. Thereafter, he joined Strathmore College.

Professional life

He was an accountant by profession and was a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. During his professional career, he worked at Accountancy & Audit firms and at a Parastatal after which he established his own Accountancy and Consultancy practice. Over the years, he sat in the Boards of professional bodies and various international, regional and local financial and educational entities.

Political life

In 1987, Keah vied won the Kaloleni Parliamentary seat on a KANU ticket. He successfully retained the seat in the 1992 and 1997 elections before losing it to Morris Dzoro during the 2002 elections. During his political life, Keah also served as an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Lands and Settlement and the Ministry of Transport and Communication.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Keah, Matthias Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) 2005 deaths 1943 births