# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-marende
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:43:07.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-marende"
name: "Kenneth Marende"
slug: "kenneth-marende"
description: "Kenneth Otiato Marende is the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 10th Parliament. He was elected Speaker on January 15, 2008. Prior to his election as Speaker, Hon. Marende served as the MP for Emuhaya constituency, from 2002 to 2007. Marende was a candidate for Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 13th Parliament, but was defeated by former Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula who garnered 215 votes ahead of Marende who managed 130."
tagline: "Kenyan politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Speaker%2C_Lok_Sabha%2C_Smt._Meira_Kumar_meets_the_Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Kenya%2C_Mr._Kenneth_Marende%2C_EGH%2C_during_the_56th_Conference_of_Commonwealth_Parliamentary_Association%2C_in_Nairobi%2C_Kenya%2C_on_September_14%2C_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-01-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.139525333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenneth_Marende"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "كينيث ماريند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Marende"
    title: "Kenneth Marende"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Marende"
    title: "Kenneth Marende"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keneth_Marende"
    title: "Keneth Marende"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Маренде, Кеннет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Marende"
    title: "Kenneth Marende"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2607345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump