Robert Ouko
1931 – 1990 Kenyan economist, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Kenya's foreign minister under Moi, found murdered in 1990 in a case that was never conclusively solved.
- Religion
- Christian
- Affiliations
- KANU
Robert John Ouko was a Luo technocrat who rose to become Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs. In February 1990 he disappeared from his farm at Koru and his burned body was found nearby, his death setting off national protests. A Scotland Yard detective, John Troon, and a judicial commission led by Justice Evan Gicheru investigated; suspicion fell on senior figures, and Nicholas Biwott and others were arrested and released without charge. No one was ever convicted, and the killing remains officially unsolved and politically contested.
Connections
- associate of Daniel arap Moi — Served as his foreign minister until his death.
- rival of Nicholas Biwott — Biwott was named as a suspect and arrested, but was released and denied involvement.
- rival of Nicholas Biwott — Named as a suspect in Ouko's murder; arrested, released, and denied involvement.
In the timeline
- 1990 Robert Ouko abducted and murdered near his Koru home central figure
- 1990 The murder of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko central figure
- 1990 Scotland Yard investigates Robert Ouko's murder central figure
- 2013 Report finds a pattern of unresolved political assassinations mentioned