Henry Pius Masinde Muliro (June 30, 1922[1] – August 14, 1992) was a Kenyan politician from the Bukusu sub-tribe of the larger Abaluhya people of western Kenya.
His farmer father was a Roman Catholic, and after his parents died, he was brought up by an older stepbrother, Aibu Naburuk.
He joined the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 1949, enrolling for a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, Philosophy and Education.
Muliro worked in various positions in later governments but was frequently on the wrong side of President Jomo Kenyatta.
After Kenyatta's death, he vied for the Kitale East seat in the 1979 general election, but the new president, Daniel Arap Moi, seeking to assert his authority, ensured his old ally Muliro was rigged out in Kitale East in favor of ex-Mayor Fred Gumo.
[3] In 1989, Muliro teamed up with Kenneth Matiba, Charles Rubia, Martin Shikuku, Phillip Gachoka and Oginga Odinga to form FORD (Forum for restoration of democracy), a pressure-group agitating for a return to pluralist politics.
It was Shortly after this that Muliro left for London for a fundraising mission for the newly formed Ford political party.
Had Masinde Muliro not died, the original FORD would have remained united and possibly would have removed president Moi in 1992.