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List of finance ministers of Kenya

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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 [1]

Parties

  Kenya African National Union   Party of National Unity

# Portrait Minister Took Office Left Office Notes
1 James Gichuru 1963 1969[2]
2 Mwai Kibaki 1969 1982[3]
3 Arthur Magugu 1982 1988[4]
4 George Saitoti 1988 1992 Goldenberg scandal occurred[3]
5 Musalia Mudavadi 1993 1997
6 Simeon Nyachae 1998 1999 Apparently transferred by Moi for saying that the economy was in ICU[3]
7 Francis Masakhalia February 1999 August 1999
8 Chris Okemo Sept. 1999 Nov. 2001
9 Christopher Obure Nov. 2001 Dec. 2002
10 Daudi Mwiraria Jan. 2003 Feb. 2006 Resigned following the Anglo-Leasing scandal[3]
11 Amos Kimunya Feb. 2006 2008 Resigned following the Grand Regency Scandal[3]
John Michuki
(in a temporary capacity)
2008 2009
12 Uhuru Kenyatta 2009 2011 Resigned following the ruling by the International Criminal Court[5]
13 Robinson Njeru Githae 2011 2013

Cabinet Secretaries

# Portrait Minister Took Office Left Office
1 Henry Rotich 15 May 2013 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.treasury.go.ke/index.php/aboutus/former-finace-ministers/
  2. ^ Kenya Gazette. 28 December 1965. p. 1516. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e Finance ministers: Some spent years, others months at Treasury, Daily Nation
  4. ^ http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000066200&story_title=Former-Githunguri-MP-Arthur-Magugu-dies
  5. ^ Kenya ICC: Kenyatta resigns from finance role, BBC News