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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 an MP 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 Katey Leakey, he runs ''The Leakey Collection'', a company exporting products made by Masai 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.

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★ Leakey

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★ The Leakey Collection
1. Time, November 19, 1979: Arap Moi Again
2. Kenya Times, December 11, 2005: MP talks of plot to arrest Raila