title: Cleophas Malala
text: # Cleophas Malala
  
  Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah is a Kenyan politician. He is the immediate former senator of Kakamega County.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah sat for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education at Friends school Kamusinga before proceeding to USIU where he got his Bachelor's Degree, and currently doing a masters.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Malalah was elected senator of Kakamega County in the 2017 general election with the party ANC. In 2022, he vied for the governor of Kakamega county and lost to Fernandez Barasa. In 2023, he was appointed the secretary general of the United Democratic Alliance (Kenya) party.
  
  