George Khaniri | |
Office: | Member of the Kenyan Senate |
Term Start: | 28 March 2013 |
Constituency: | Vihiga County |
Predecessor: | New position |
Office2: | Member of the Kenyan Parliament |
Term Start2: | 1996 |
Term End2: | 2022 |
President2: | Daniel Arap Moi 1996-2003Mwai Kibaki 2003-2013 |
Predecessor2: | Nicodemus Newton Khaniri |
Successor2: | Charles Gimose |
Constituency2: | Hamisi |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1973 |
Birth Place: | Hamisi sub county in Vihiga County |
Birthname: | George Munyasia |
Nationality: | Kenyan |
Party: | Amani National Congress (ANC) |
Spouse: | Eunice Jelagat |
Children: | Ivy, Shirley, Newton, George Khaniri Jr. |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Economist |
Cabinet: | Former assistant minister |
George Khaniri is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Amani National Congress (ANC) and was first elected to represent the Hamisi Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the 1996 by election after his father's (the late hamisi MP Hon. Khaniri Snr) demise.[1] He retained the seat in the following elections in 1997, 2002, and 2007. He then won in 2013 as Vihiga county senator after the creation of the two tire government following the 2010 new constitution.