Newton Kulundu was a Kenya

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n politician. He was the Minister

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 of Labour and Human Resource Development in the Ministry of Labour

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 (2006 – 2008), and a Member of Parliament in Lurambi Constituency

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 (2002 – 2007).

Career

After Newton graduated from Kakamega High School

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 (1965 – 1968), and Kenyatta College (1969 – 1970), he joined the Ministry of Health where he served as a Senior

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 Medical Officer of Health

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 in Kisumu

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, Kwale

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, Lamu

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 and Kisii

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 Districts. He was involved in the training of technical

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 staff

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 in the ministry’s expanded immunisation program activities all over the country

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, and assisted in the formulation of health policy

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 under the district focus for rural development program.

He later held a master’s degree in Public Health from Loma Linda University

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 in Southern California

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, United States

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. He was appointed Senior Company Doctor

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 with the Brooke Bond

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 Company

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 (1984 – 1997), where he designed and implemented an award

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-winning reproduction health program. He becomes a past chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Health, Housing, Labour and Social Welfare, and organizing a health conference for Members of Parliament when President

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 Daniel Moi declared HIV/Aids a national disaster

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Dr. Kulundu first entered parliament as the Member of Parliament for Lurambi constituency in 1997 on a Ford-Kenya Ticket. In 2002, he was re-elected to parliament and was initially appointed the minister for Environment

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, Natural Resources

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 and Wildlife

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, before being apponited minister for Labour, a position he held till 2007.