Philip Leakey

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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 a MP from 1979 ^[1] and served as a cabinet minister for a short stint. He lost 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 Katey Leakey, he runs The Leakey Collection, a company exporting products made by Masai handicrafts.

His parents are Louis and Mary Leakey, both famous paleontologist. Philip is younger brother to Richard and Jonathan Leakey.