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1970: Born Kavilani, Malindi, Kilifi County.

1975: His first school was Marikano Primary School until class three. He transferred to Lango Baya Primary School where he did his KCPE in 1985.

1986: Kwale High School KCSE class of 1989.

1990: Moi University Bachelor of Science degree in Information Sciences, graduated in 1995.

1996: Started working at Computec, moved to Fintec International in 1999.

2002: Mercer East Africa, sales professional for Microsoft and Compaq across East Africa.

2003: IBM, New York, USA, In-charge of Personal Computing Division in East Africa.

2006: Lenovo Corporation East Africa, Regional Manager. In January 2010 returned to IBM where he served as the IBM Country Representative for Ethiopia and Kenya from 2010 to 2013.

2013: Elected Malindi MP on ODM ticket.

2015: Appointed Mining Cabinet Secretary.