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Member of Parliament, Nyaribari Masaba
Dr. Daniel Ogwoka Manduku is a Kenyan architect, corporate executive and politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Nyaribari Masaba Constituency in Kisii County. A former Managing Director of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of the National Construction Authority (NCA), he successfully transitioned from the boardroom to elective politics, winning the Nyaribari Masaba seat in the August 2022 general election. In that race he garnered over 16,000 votes, and the High Court in Kisii upheld his victory in February 2023 after a petition by rival candidates was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence.
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Dr. Daniel Ogwoka Manduku is a Kenyan architect, corporate executive and politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Nyaribari Masaba Constituency in Kisii County. A former Managing Director of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of the National Construction Authority (NCA), he successfully transitioned from the boardroom to elective politics, winning the Nyaribari Masaba seat in the August 2022 general election. In that race he garnered over 16,000 votes, and the High Court in Kisii upheld his victory in February 2023 after a petition by rival candidates was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence. Professionally, Manduku is an architect with more than two decades of practice, having worked in private practice and in senior regulatory roles at NCA before being appointed KPA Managing Director. He brands himself as an “arch. / developer / industrialist” and increasingly as a reform-minded legislator focused on infrastructure, construction standards and economic opportunity in Kisii. In Parliament he is serving his first term in the National Assembly, representing Nyaribari Masaba under the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) according to official parliamentary and county records, although some secondary databases have at times mistakenly listed him under UDA.
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MP for Nyaribari Masaba (2022–present): Elected in 2022 and confirmed by the High Court in 2023 after his victory was challenged; serves as the area’s representative in the 13th Parliament.
Managing Director, Kenya Ports Authority (2018–2020): Led KPA, one of Kenya’s most strategic state corporations, overseeing operations at the Port of Mombasa and inland facilities before his resignation in 2020.
CEO/Executive Director, National Construction Authority (pre-2018): Served as Executive Director and Registrar of Contractors at NCA, helping regulate and professionalise Kenya’s construction sector.
Recognised voice in architecture and construction policy: Participated in international platforms such as the LafargeHolcim (Holcim) Foundation events on sustainable construction, where he was profiled as an architect impressed by innovation using traditional materials and processes.
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Architect in private practice (c. 1990s–2012): Practised architecture for more than 20 years, working on design and construction projects and building a reputation within Kenya’s built-environment community.
Executive Director & Registrar of Contractors, National Construction Authority (NCA) (c. 2012–2018): Led NCA, supervising contractor registration and compliance and engaging in reforms aimed at improving standards in the construction industry.
Managing Director, Kenya Ports Authority (2018–2020): Appointed to head KPA, managing port operations and strategic investments before stepping down in mid-2020 amid ongoing graft investigations.
MP for Nyaribari Masaba (2022-Present)
Key events that have shaped public perception.
Multi-billion shilling graft cases from KPA tenure: Since 2020, Manduku has faced several high-profile anti-corruption cases linked to his time as KPA MD, including a KSh 244.8 million tender fraud case and a broader KSh 928 million “fake certificates”/tenders scandal involving cargo storage facilities at the Nairobi Inland Container Depot. He pleaded not guilty in all instances.
Resignation from KPA while under investigation (2020): In July 2020 he resigned as KPA boss as corruption charges dragged on, a move confirmed by the Transport Cabinet Secretary and widely interpreted as linked to the ongoing probes.
Ongoing Sh1.4 billion graft case (as of 2023): In May 2023 the Anti-Corruption Court ordered that a KSh 1.4 billion graft case against him proceed without further delay, after dismissing his application to adjourn the matter—indicating that some of the KPA-linked cases remain active.
Public debate over integrity vs. technocratic credentials: His election to Parliament despite pending graft cases has triggered debate in media and civic spaces: supporters emphasise his architectural and managerial expertise and insist he is being politically targeted, while critics argue that unresolved corruption trials cast a shadow over his reform narrative.
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Dr. Daniel Ogwoka Manduku is a Kenyan architect, corporate executive and politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Nyaribari Masaba Constituency in Kisii County. A former Managing Director of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of the National Construction Authority (NCA), he successfully transitioned from the boardroom to elective politics, winning the Nyaribari Masaba seat in the August 2022 general election. In that race he garnered over 16,000 votes, and the High Court in Kisii upheld his victory in February 2023 after a petition by rival candidates was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence.
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