Ekwee Ethuro

Ekwee Ethuro
Ethuro in 2015
1st Speaker of the Kenyan Senate
In office 28 March 2013 – 31 August 2017
Deputy	Kembi Gitura
Succeeded by	Kenneth Lusaka
Member of Parliament for Turkana Central
In office 3 February 1998 – 14 January 2013
Preceded by	Immanuel Isaac Ichor Imana
Succeeded by	John Lodepe Nakara
Assistant Minister for Planning
In office 14 December 2005 – 10 January 2008
President	Mwai Kibaki
Assistant Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development
In office 1998–2002
President	Daniel arap Moi
Personal details
Born	(1963-12-31) 31 December 1963 (age 60)
Nationality	Kenyan
Alma mater	University of Nairobi Clemson University

Ekwee David Ethuro (born 31 December 1963) is a Kenyan politician. Currently he is the Chairperson of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). He was elected as the first Speaker of the modern Kenyan Senate on 28 March 2013.^[1] From 1998 to 2013 he served as a Member of Parliament representing Turkana Central. He also served as the Assistant Minister for Planning and National Development from 1998 to 2002 under the government of President Daniel arap Moi. He was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Turkana Central in the 2007 general elections and steered the proceedings of the 10th Parliament in the position of acting Speaker of the House whenever the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker were absent.