List of finance ministers of Kenya

The Minister of Finance of Kenya is a cabinet position held by the Minister responsible for the Ministry of Finance.

List

Ministers

The following are the Finance Ministers of Kenya since independence

Parties

  Kenya African National Union   Party of National Unity

#	Portrait	Minister	Took Office	Left Office	Notes
1		James Gichuru	1963	1969	Loved his bottle. Once forgot his briefing notes at his favourite Karai Bar on Munyu road. Once also had the Budget reading stopped midway to get a swallow
2		Mwai Kibaki	1969	1982	Kenya's best minister in the docket and longest serving. Became third president after being elected overwhelmingly in December 2002.
3		Arthur Magugu	1982	1988	The Land Economist was close to second president Daniel Arap Moi
4		George Saitoti	1988	1992	Goldenberg scandal occurred
5		Musalia Mudavadi	1993	1997	Land economist and son of long serving minister Moses Substone Mudavadi mopped up the excess liquidity related to the 1992 multiparty elections
6		Simeon Nyachae	1998	1999
7		Francis Masakhalia	February 1999	August 1999
8		Chris Okemo	Sept. 1999	Nov. 2001	Now facing an extradition case related to money laundering at Kenya Power in his earlier career as Energy minister
9		Christopher Obure	Nov. 2001	Dec. 2002
10		Daudi Mwiraria	Jan. 2003	Feb. 2006	Resigned following the Anglo-Leasing scandal
11		Amos Kimunya	Feb. 2006	2008	Resigned following the Grand Regency Scandal
–		John Michuki (in a temporary capacity)	2008	2009
12		Uhuru Kenyatta	2009	2011	Resigned following the ruling by the International Criminal Court
13		Robinson Njeru Githae	2011	2013

Cabinet Secretaries

#	Portrait		Minister	Took Office	Left Office
1			Henry Rotich	15 May 2013	Removed in office,face charges of corruption

2. Ukur Yatani

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kenya)