Kembi Gitura Explained

Kembi Gitura
Office:Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan Senate
Term Start:28 March 2013
Term End:31 August 2017
1Blankname:Speaker
1Namedata:Ekwee Ethuro
Majority:39 (58.2%)
Term Start2:28 March 2013
Term End2:31 August 2017
Successor2:Irungu Kang'ata
Constituency2:Murang'a County
Office3:Kenyan Ambassador to Belgium
Term Start3:March 2009
Term End3:August 2012
Term Start4:2003
Term End4:2007
Constituency4:Kiharu Constituency
Birth Place:Kenya Colony
Nationality:Kenyan
Party:TNA
Alma Mater:University of Nairobi

James Kembi Gitura is a Kenyan politician. He was a Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan Senate between 2013 and 2017.

Political life

Gitura represented the Kiharu Constituency in the National Assembly (Kenya) from 2003 to 2007. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Kenyan Ambassador to Belgium, serving from 2009 until his resignation in 2012 in order to stand for election to the Senate.[1]

After winning a seat in the Senate, Gitura was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Senate on 28 March 2013. He received 39 votes.[2]

Gitura later lost his seat to Irungu Kang'ata in the 2017 Kenya general election[3] Consequently, Kembi Gitura was appointed the Chairperson of KEMSA where he led until 2021 when he was fired for an alleged scandal in procuring COVID-19 supplies. Gitura understands the political life of Kenya. He is currently chairperson of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kenyan envoy quits to vie for Muranga Senate seat . . 28 March 2013.
  2. Web site: TNA's Gitura wins Deputy Senate Speaker seat . 28 March 2013 . the-star.co.ke . 28 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130331030822/http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-114434/tnas-gitura-wins-deputy-senate-speaker-seat . 31 March 2013 .
  3. Web site: The Star.