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Phares Oluoch Kanindo (born 29 November 1942-died 24 May 2014) is a veteran politician in Kenya. He served as a member of parliament from 1979 to 1988, when the then president Moi prorogued parliament after the attempted 1982 coup. This he served in the larger Homa Bay Constituency, now divided into two constituencies (Rongo and Rangwe) During that time, Kanindo was appointed to serve in the then government as an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Education. Kanindo is the son of the late Andrea Anindo. ==Early life== Kanindo was born at the present Awendo District in Nyanza Province of Kenya to the late Andrea Anindo and Masella Ojowi Anindo. He attended primary schools among them Manyatta, Lwala, Komolo-rume primary school. He then joined Koderobara and Pe-Hill Intermediate School, where he schooled together with the eldest son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Oburu Odinga who is the Member of Parliament for Bondo Constituency and Assistant Minister of Finance, Republic of Kenya. Oburu is eldest brother to the current Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya. He later joined Luule Secondary School in Kampala, Uganda. Kanindo later got a scholarship to Czechoslovakia republic where he registered for technical practices, majoring in Diploma in Radio and Wireless Electronics between 1961 and 1963. During Kenyan Independence, 1963, Kanindo jetted back into the country. He joined the Kenya News Agency as a technician on radio and wireless devices. Kanindo was one of the first staff members to start the newly registered Agency together with Ocholla Ogur former Legislator for Nyatike Constituency and Amollo Oduma, Otieno Ogango, Joseph Ogutu among others. He later ventured in music, nationally by joining The EMI Group (Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.) where he served as the CEO in Kenya, under a proprietor, Graham Shepherd of EMI London, the son of the then speaker of house of lords in London. He tried his political wave in 1974 General elections, where he opted for the Homa Bay Constituency seat. He came second, losing the elections narrowly to the late Achieng Alloyce, among the 12 candidates. That same year, Kanindo formed his own company, POK Music Stores which he merged with EMI-International. With POK Music Stores, Kanindo produced large varieties of music which sold in the entire West and South Africa, the countries included, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria and even the Brooklyn of New York City and Soho Square in London. Among the prominent Kenyan artists who produced their music at POK Music Stores include the late Kenyan Benga Maestro Collela Mazee, Kawere Boys, Kalusi Band. During his days, Kanindo was an ace music producer and at one time Congolese greats like Franco, Verkys Kiamuamgana, Mbilia Bel and Tabu Ley visited the home of Phares Oluoch Kanindo in Awendo, South Nyanza. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phares Oluoch Kanindo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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