Robert Ouko (politician)

John Robert Ouko (31 March 1931 – c. 13 February 1990) was a Kenyan politician who served two spells as Foreign Minister of Kenya: from 1979 to 1983 and from 1988 to 1990. Ouko served in the government of Kenya from the colonial period through the presidencies of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi. He was a member of the National Assembly for Kisumu and a cabinet minister, rising to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation by 1990. On 13 February 1990, Ouko was found murdered in Muhoroni; the assassination, perhaps the most intriguing in Kenyan history, remains unsolved.

A report presented in parliament in 2010 states that the murder was carried out in one of then President Daniel arap Moi's official residences. It also called for further investigations into top officials who had been identified as suspects in earlier investigations, including Hezekiah Oyugi (Then Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President), Jonah Anguka, as well as one of Moi's closest allies, Nicholas Biwott, who denied responsibility. In late December 2010 the report was rejected by Parliament with 55 out of 59 voting against it on grounds that included internal disagreements within the committee itself, with four remaining members refusing to sign the report, and concerns raised by committee member Amina Abdalla, MP, that some recommendations were not supported by the evidence received and that the committee “had problems with its accuracy