He entered into parliament for the first time in May 1963 as a member of parliament for North Eastern Nairobi (now Kasarani) and he also became the permanent secretary for the ministry of health and housing.
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A few months later he went for further studies in Britain which he pursued until he returned to Kenya in 1958.
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He arrived at Mombasa by sea from South Africa in 1951 afterwhich his father introduced him to Jomo Kenyatta and Mbiyu Koinange at a restaurant along Latema road in Nairobi.
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In 1962 he challenged Tom Mboya for the Nairobi East parliament seat but he lost by 2668 votes to 31407.