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The prime minister of Kenya was a post in the Kenyan government. The first prime minister of Kenya was H.E. Jomo Kenyatta, who became prime minister in 1963.In 1964, when Kenya became a republic, the post of prime minister was abolished and Jomo Kenyatta became president.
Under the 1964 Constitutional Amendment establishing the Republic of Kenya, the president replaced the monarch as head of state and the prime minister as chief executive. The president was initially elected by the House of Representatives of Kenya , and, after the merger of the House of Representatives and Senate into a unicameral National ...
Jomo Kenyatta [a] CGH (c. 1897 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978.
This is a list of ministers of Kenya.. These Ministers were appointed into the office by the Presidents that have served in Kenya since Kenya's gained independence in 1963. . Although the first three Presidents appointed ministers and having them assume their roles immediately, Kenya's new constitution 2010 introduced the vetting of the Appointed Ministers by the Parliament before being ...
The post of Prime Minister was last held by Jomo Kenyatta between 1963 and 1964 following independence. Odinga is thus the second person in Kenya's history to hold the position. [57] British Foreign Secretary William Hague meeting Odinga, then Prime Minister of Kenya, in London, 10 August 2012
When British Kenya became independent on 12 December 1963, Elizabeth II remained head of state as Queen of Kenya (and of the United Kingdom and many former colonies). The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Kenya, Malcolm John Macdonald. [2] Jomo Kenyatta held office as prime minister (and head of ...
The National Accord and Reconciliation Act of 2008 is an act of the National Assembly of Kenya that temporarily re-established the offices of Prime Minister of Kenya, along with the creation of two deputy prime ministers. [1]
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta CGH (/ ʊ. h uː. r uː k ɛ n. j ɑː. t ɑː / ⓘ born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. [1] [2] The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, [3] he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.