Gitobu Imanyara

Gitobu Imanyara (born c. 1954 ) is a Kenyan human rights lawyer, journalist, and politician.

Biography After Imanyara spent more than two years in Maximum Security Prison on charges associated with his work as a human rights lawyer, he founded the Nairobi Law Monthly in 1987. It was not supportive of Daniel Arap Moi's one party policy and Imanyara was arrested for not registering the magazine. The offending information was about the formation of an opposition political party, and Imanyara was unable to notify his family or lawyer.

At the Kenyan general elections in December 1997, he won a regional landslide victory and was elected MP for Central Imenti Constituency. The first lady was swift to deny the allegations, accusing Imanyara of blackmail after failing to secure the deputy Speaker's seat during the elections in Parliament.