Dalmas Otieno

Biography

Dalmas Otieno Anyango (19 April 1945 – 7 September 2025) was a Kenyan politician. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Rongo in 1988, serving as Minister for Industrialisation from 1988 to 1991, then later that year as Minister of Labour & Human Resource Development and as Minister of Transport from 1991 to 1996. Prior to the 2017 elections, Dalamas joined the ODM party of the main opposition candidate, Raila Odinga. He was then elected to the Rongo constituency seat for the party. During that time, there was a grand coalition government led by president Mwai Emilo Kibaki, and he was appointed minister for public services and works. He was re-elected in 2012. In 2014 he tried to create his own political outfit, named Kalausi, to oppose ODM and promote South Nyanza's politics, but was unsuccessful.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Professional Experience

Coalition Member at Coalition for Reforms & Democracy (Started: 13th February 2013); Minister at State for Public Service of Cabinet (Started: 2008); Member at Orange Democratic Movement (Started: 2007); Fellow at Chartered Insurance Institute, London (Started: 1979); 'position': 'Fellow', 'started': 'Started 1979 of Chartered Insurance Institute, London', 'organisation': 'Chartered Insurance Institute, London', 'started': '1998 to 2001 of Tasley Consultants', 'organisation': 'Tasley Consultants', 'started': '1983 to 1987 of Kenyatta University Council', 'organisation': 'Kenyatta University Council', 'started': '1982 to 1985 of Kenya Commercial Bank', 'organisation': 'Kenya Commercial Bank', 'started': '1971 to 1982 of Insurance Agency Management', 'organisation': 'Insurance Agency Management'