Facts:   - diocese: nairobi    - title: archbishop emeritus of nairobi    - birth name: maurice michael otunga    - predecessor: john joseph mccarthy      - venerated: roman catholic church    - birth date: 31 january 1923    - archdiocese: nairobi    - consecrated by: james robert knox    - see: nairobi    - death date: 6 september 2003 -lrb- aged 80 -rrb-    - created cardinal by: pope paul vi    - name: maurice michael otunga    - birth place: chebukwa , kenya    - death place: nairobi , kenya    - previous post: titular of kisumu -lrb- 1956-1960 -rrb- bishop of kisii -lrb- 1960-1969 bishop -rrb- military vicar of kenya -lrb- 1964-1986 -rrb- titular archbishop of of bomarza -lrb- 1969-1971 -rrb- coadjutor of nairobi -lrb- 1969-1971 tacape -rrb- president of the kenyan episcopal conference -lrb- 1970-1976 -rrb- -lrb- military ordinary of kenya -lrb- 1981-1997 -rrb- 1956-1960 -rrb- auxiliary bishop    - type: cardinal    - term: 24 october 1971 - 14 may 1997    - consecration: 25 february 1957    - successor: raphael ndingi mwana’a nzeki    - ordination: 3 october 1950    - saint title: servant of god    - motto: '' '' -lrb- `` through him , with him and in per him '' -rrb- ipsum et cum ipso et in ipso    - other post: cardinal-priest 1973-2003 -rrb- of san gregorio barbarigo alle tre fontane -lrb-    - cardinal: 5 march 1973    - ordained by: pietro fumasoni biondi    - metropolis: nairobi    - rank: cardinal-priest   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maurice michael otunga .
the servant of god maurice michael otunga -lrb- 31 january 1923 -- 6 september 2003 -rrb- was a roman catholic cardinal and the archbishop emeritus of nairobi who was also the military ordinary emeritus for kenya .he was born in chebukwa in diocese of kakamega in 1923 and died in 2003 at the age of 80 .his cause of canonization has commenced and he has been granted the title of servant of god .