Early life Fredrick Fidelis Omulo Gumo (born 1945) is the first-born son to the famous businessman Pius Gumo and Martina Gumo. He belongs to the Abanyala people, a sub-tribe of the Abaluhya tribe of the western Kenya. Gumo has largely kept a low profile since retiring from active politics in 2013 after 38 years. He is remembered for his ‘Kaa Ngumu’ rallying call. Education He studied diploma in Mechanical Engineering at the Kenya Polytechnic and went on to study a higher diploma in the same field at Metropolitan college in London. Political career He currently belongs to the ODM and represented the Westlands Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya from 1994 to 2013. He also served as the member of parliament for Kitale East Constituency following his election in 1979 and went on to serve between 1979—1984, his star continued rising after he was re-elected in the 1983 snap election on a KANU party. However in 1984 Gumo’s election was invalidated due to ballot box stuffing. Masinde Muliro won the resulting by-election against a Kalenjin candidate, Hon Joseph Yego in an election marred by widespread election rigging and malpractises. He would be elected again into parliament in a by-election following the death of Hon Amin Walji, the then MP for Westlands Constituency. In 2013, he retired from active politics and was replaced by Hon Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula as the representative of the Westlands Constituency. The veteran politician was also elected mayor of Kitale Municipal Council and chairman of Nairobi City Commission between 1989 to 1992, and he is remembered for facilitating the great migration of communities from Western Province to the Nairobi City when he headed the then City Council of Nairobi. He also served as the Assistant Minister for Tourism and Wildlife between 2003 to 2007. In 2008, he was appointed Minister for Regional Development Authorities from 2008. In 2012, he was appointed to take over the ministerial duties at the Ministry of Local Government in an acting capacity. The office had fallen vacant after the then deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi resigned in order to focus his energy on his presidential bid. In 2013, the veteran politician announced he was quitting active politics. He said he would not be going for any political positions in the coming elections as he wanted to spend time with his family and travel the world. He then added that he would