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Eliud Ngala Mwendwa (1923 – June 8, 2016) was a Kenyan teacher and politician. He was a member of the Kenyan delegation to the 1960 Lancaster House Conference, which negotiated the country's independence from the United Kingdom.^[1] Mwendwa then served as Minister for Labour within President Jomo Kenyatta's first post-independence 15-member cabinet.^[1] He ultimately served as the Minister for Labour and Social Services from 1963 until 1974 under Kenyatta.^[1]

Mwendwa was born in 1923 to Kitui Paramount Chief Mwendwa Kitavi and his fifth wife (Kitavi had seven wives).^[1] His brother, Kitili Maluki Mwendwa, became the first African-born Chief Justice of Kenya.^[2] Another brother, Kyale Mwendwa, was a former Cabinet minister and director of education.^[1] Mwendwa's sister-in-law, Nyiva Mwendwa, became the first woman to serve as a Cabinet minister in Kenya's history.^[1]

He graduated from Kagumo Teachers College and worked as a teacher until he entered politics in the 1950s and 1960s.^[1] He was first elected to the Legislative Council of Kitui.^[1]

Mwendwa was first elected to the Legislative Council of Kenya (Legco) from Kitui in 1963 after the country gained independence.^[2] He then served as an MP for Kitui in Legco's successor, the National Assembly, from 1963 until 1969.^[2] In 1969, Mwendwa moved to nearby Kitui Central Constituency, which he represented as an MP from 1969 to 1974.^[2] In 1974, Mwendwa was defeated for re-election by Daniel Mutinda, the former Minister of Information and Broadcasting.^[2]

Ngala Mwendwa died from complications of a heart attack at the Nairobi Hospital ICU unit on June 8, 2016, at the age of 93.^[1]^[2] He was buried at his home in Ithookwe, Kitui County, on June 18, 2016.^[2] He was survived by his wife, Priscilla Kavutha Mwendwa, and their eight children.^[1] Mwendwa's first wife, Agnes Kana, died in 1960.^[1]

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1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰{{cite news|first=Joe |last=Ombour |title=Former Cabinet Minister Eliud Ngala Mwendwa takes the final bow after colourful political career |url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000204965/former-cabinet-minister-eliud-ngala-mwendwa-takes-the-final-bow-after-colourful-political-career |work=The Standard (Kenya) |date=2016-06-09 |accessdate=2016-06-27}}
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶{{cite news|first=Thomas |last=Waita |title=Veteran Kitui politician Eliud Ngala Mwendwa laid to rest |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201606200403.html |work=Daily Nation (AllAfrica.com) |date=2016-06-19 |accessdate=2016-06-27}}

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