Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. The son of Jomo Kenyatta,Kenya's first president,he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya,and since 2023,in an expanded role of Foreign &Diaspora Affairs cabinet secretary of Kenya. As of 1 November 2024,he is also serving as the cabinet secretary in the ministry of interior,albeit in an acting capacity,succeeding Prof. Kithure Kindiki who was appointed Deputy president following the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua. He is a former party leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC),one of the founding political parties,of the Kenya Kwanza alliance.
Raila Amolo Odinga is a Kenyan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langata Constituency from 1992 to 2013 and has been the Leader of Opposition in Kenya since 2013. He is the leader of Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party.
Crown prosecutors are the public prosecutors in the legal system of Australia. In Western Australia,they are referred to as State prosecutors.
Jamhuri Day is a national holiday in Kenya,celebrated on 12 December each year. Jamhuri is the Swahili word for "republic" and the holiday officially marks the date when Kenya became an independent country on 12 December 1963,six months and eleven days after gaining internal self-rule on 1 June 1963 from the United Kingdom. Kenya later became a republic,with the inauguration of Jomo Kenyatta as president taking place on 12 December 1964,exactly one year after Kenya attained independence in 1963. Kenyatta,having previously been sworn in as prime minister,continued as prime minister of newly independent Kenya,before assuming the position of president one year after Independence Day.
John Githongo is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and fraud in his home country (Kenya) and later,under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki,took on an official governmental position to fight corruption. In 2005 he left that position,later accusing top ministers of large-scale fraud. In the Anglo-leasing corruption which he blew the lid over,fraudulent deliveries of government military and forensic laboratory equipment were allegedly ordered,"delivered" and the payment completed in the former president Uhuru Kenyatta's tenure. The story of his fight against corruption is told in Michela Wrong's book It's Our Turn to Eat:The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower.
Corruption in the government of Kenya has a history which spans the era of the founding president Jomo Kenyatta,to Daniel arap Moi's KANU,Mwai Kibaki's PNU governments. President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party government,and the current William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza administration has also been riddled with massive cases of graft,topping in the list of corrupt Presidents in Africa
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Fiji is an independent office by virtue of section 117 of the 2013 Constitution of Fiji. The ODPP is motivated by the principle that it is in the interest of justice that the guilty be brought to justice and the innocent are not wrongly convicted.
General elections were held in Kenya on 4 March 2013. Voters elected the President,members of the National Assembly and newly formed Senate. Also elected include governors,county women representatives and members of county assembly,(MCAs). They were the first elections held under the new constitution,which was approved in a 2010 referendum,and were also the first run by the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). They coincided with the 2013 Kenyan local elections.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) is the National Prosecuting Authority in the Republic of Kenya as established by the Constitution of Kenya,which de-linked it from the Office of the Attorney General and established it as an independent office. The office is empowered with the authority to exercise the State's powers of prosecution with regard to criminal proceedings.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) formerly the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission(KACC) is a public body established under Section 3 (1) of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act,2011.The Commission is mandated to combat and prevent corruption through law enforcement,preventive measures,education and promotion of standards and best practices in integrity and ethics in Kenya
Henry K. Rotich is a Kenyan civil servant who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury on 23 April 2013. On 14 January 2020,Rotich,who had been arrested on charges of corruption,was removed from this position.
Anne Mumbi Waiguru,EGH,is the second Governor of Kirinyaga County in Kenya,who has been in office since 22 August 2017.
General elections were held in Kenya on 8 August 2017 to elect the President,members of the National Assembly and Senate. They coincided with the 2017 Kenyan local elections which elected Governors and representatives in the devolved governments.
David Kenani Maraga is a Kenyan lawyer and jurist. He was the 14th Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya from October 2016 until his retirement in January 2021.
Philomena Mbete Mwilu is a Kenyan lawyer and judge,who has served as the Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya and Vice President of the Supreme Court of Kenya since 28 October 2016. Following the retirement of Chief Justice David Maraga,and before Martha Koome was appointed as the Chief Justice,she served as Acting Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya from 11 January 2021 to 19 May 2021,making her the first woman to hold that office.
Anna Nyokabi Muthama Kenyatta is a Kenyan businesswoman and philanthropist,and the child of Kenya's first President Jomo Kenyatta,who led Kenya's struggle for independence against the British and later led the country from 1964 to 1978. In 2004,according to Kenya's Business Directory she established Manda Orchids,specializing in the growing and supply of cymbidium orchid cut flowers,located in Kenya's central province on the slopes of Mt Kenya. In November 2014,she co-founded and still serving as the director of the Kenyatta Trust,a non-profit organization registered in Kenya whose beneficiaries are students from disadvantaged family backgrounds.
Julius Monzi Muia,often referred to as Julius Muia,is a Kenyan accountant and financial expert,who serves as the Principal Secretary in the Kenyan Ministry of Finance,since 24 July 2019. Before he was appointed to his current position,he served as the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Planning.
Ndindi Nyoro,CBS,MP is a Kenyan politician,an entrepreneur and member of parliament (MP) for Kiharu Constituency,serving a second term. Ndindi belongs to United Democratic Alliance (UDA),a political party under the Kenya Kwanza alliance led by the current and fifth president of Kenya,Dr William Ruto. He is a graduate of Kenyatta University with a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) and was a student leader at the same university. Ndindi has been rated as among the best performing Members of Parliament in Kenya,and he is currently the Chairman of Budget and Appropriations Committee in the National Assembly. During Kenya's 59th Jamhuri Day,Ndindi was feted by President William Ruto with an honour of Chief of Burning Spear (CBS) for his exemplary development record in Kiharu constituency.
Githinji Gitahi is a Kenyan medical doctor who serves as the Global Chief Executive Officer of Amref Health Africa as well a former co-chair of the UHC2030 Steering Committee. In July 2021,he was appointed as a Commissioner in the Africa COVID-19 Commission.
