Duncan Ndegwa
Duncan Nderitu Ndegwa (born 11 March 1925) was the first post-independence Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet in Kenya. He was also the first African and longest serving Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.[1][2]
Early life
Ndegwa was born on 11 March 1925 in Nyeri County. He attended Alliance High School in Kikuyu, Makerere University College in Uganda and University of St. Andrews, Scotland.[3]
Work
Ndegwa joined the public service in 1956 as an Economist/Statistician and was appointed Permanent Secretary, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service in 1963 where he served until he was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya in 1967. As the first head of the civil service, Ndegwa was at the heart of the Africanisation programme whose aim was to build an African capitalist class in industry and commerce. The two sectors had been dominated by Europeans and Asians before Kenya's independence. Ndegwa served as Governor of the Central Bank until 1982.[2][3]
In December 1972, Jeremy Morse who had been elected first chairman of the Committee of 20 charged with drafting the technical structure for the forthcoming IMF reforms, asked Ndegwa and three other international financial experts to serve as his deputies. Ndegwa however informed Morse by cable gram that he would not be able to serve.[4]
Business
Ndegwa was one of the top 10 shareholders of NIC Bank Group. He was the Chairman of the Mombasa Continental Resort.[5]
Memoirs
Ndegwa released his memoirs Walking in Kenyatta Struggles: My Story[6] in December 2006.[7]
Awards
- Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (EGH) Presidential Award[3]
Secretary
References
- ^ "Former Governors". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b "THE ERA OF POWERFUL PSs HAS COME TO AN END". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b c http://www.kra.go.ke/pdf/news/BIOGRAPHY%20OF%20THOSE%20AWARDED.pdf Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "People and Business - The New York Times". The New York Times. 15 December 1972.
- ^ Kenya, Coastweek. "Coastweek - The most from the coast". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Walking in Kenyatta struggles / Duncan Nderitu Ndegwa. - Version details". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Kenya: Duncan Ndegwa Releases Memoirs - allAfrica.com".
