Bonaya Godana

Bonaya Adhi Godana(September 2, 1952 in Dukana,Kenya– April 10, 2006 inMarsabit,Kenya) was theforeign ministerofKenyafrom January 1998 until 2001.

From 2002 to his death in 2006 he was the deputy leader of the oppositionKenya African National Union(KANU) party. He was the Member of Parliament forNorth Horr Constituency.He died on April 10, 2006, in aKenya Air Forceplane crash near Marsabit.13 other people were also killed in the crash while three survived. Among the other casualties were several other government officials including two assistant cabinet ministers who were political rivals of Godana. The politicians and religious leaders were on a mission to secure peace along theEthiopianborder. A decade earlier, on July 28, 1996, he survived a helicopter crash at the same Marsabit airstrip.

He graduated as Master of Law fromUniversity of Nairobiin 1976, and PHD of International Law fromGraduate Institute of International Studiesin Geneva in 1984. He was first elected to theNational Assembly of Kenyain 1988.

External links

• "Godana, Dr. Bonaya".Parliament of the Republic of Kenya.Archived fromthe originalon 15 May 2006.
• "Air crash kills Kenya politicians".BBC News.10 April 2006.
• Lacey, Marc (10 April 2006)."14 Killed as Plane Carrying Kenyan Politicians Crashes".The New York Times.