Ekwee Ethuro | |
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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 | 31 December 1963 |
Nationality | Kenyan |
Alma mater | |
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.