The Honorable Minister Dr.
John Robert Ouko (31 March 1931 – c. 13 February 1990), commonly known as
Robert Ouko, was a
Kenyan politician who served as
Foreign Minister of Kenya from 1979 to 1983 and from 1988 to 1990. Robert Ouko served in the government of Kenya from the colonial period through the presidencies of
Jomo Kenyatta and
Daniel arap Moi. He was a member of the
National Assembly for
Kisumu and a cabinet minister, rising to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation by 1990. He was murdered in Kenya on 13 February 1990. The murder case, perhaps the most intriguing in Kenyan history, remains unsolved.