Philip Leakey

for the British makeup artist, see Phil Leakey

Philip Leakey (born June 21, 1949) is a former member of the Kenyan Parliament. He represented the KANU party led by then president Daniel Arap Moi. He was an MP of Langata Constituency from 1979 ^[1] and served as a cabinet minister for a short stint. He lost his parliamentary seat in the 1992 Kenyan general elections, the first multiparty elections in Kenya, when Raila Odinga won the Langata seat ^[2]. Together with his wife Katy Leakey, he runs The Leakey Collection, a company exporting products made by Maasai handicrafts. His parents are Louis and Mary Leakey, both famous paleontologists. Philip is brother to Richard and Jonathan Leakey, and half-brother to Colin Leakey.

Further information: Leakey's Angels (Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birutė Galdikas)

References

• The Leakey Collection