1.Biwott was born in Chebior village, Keiyo District , Rift Valley Province in 1940.Biwott grew up herding these flocks in keeping with
Kalenjin tradition.
2.Biwott entered government service in 1965 as the District Officer in South Imenti and Tharaki , Meru District (Jan 1965–66).
3. He worked with Kenya’s first three presidents, Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki.
4.He held eight ministerial positions including: Minister of Regional development, Science and Technology (1982 – 1983); Minister of Energy and Regional Development (1983 – 1988); Minister of Energy (1988 – 1991); Minister of East African and Regional Co-operation (1998 – 1999); Minister of Trade and Industry, Tourism and East African Cooperation (1999 – 2001) and Minister of Trade and Industry and East African Tourism (2001 – 2002).
5.One of his companies is listed among Kenya’s top ten corporate taxpayers.
6.Biwott is one name on a long list of Kenyan politicians and civil servants associated with the Moi era to have travel restrictions imposed on them by the United States and the UK.
7.In 2000, a Nairobi court awarded Mr Biwott record damages of Sh30 million arising from a case in which he sued a British journalist for linking him to the Ouko murder in a book entitled ‘Dr Iain West’s Casebook’.
8. He was one of the oldest and longest serving politician in Kenya
Biwott passed on today after a short illness he will always be remembered as a long serving politician who served in the grand coalition government and moi and Kenyatta government.
