Kembi Gitura

Kembi Gitura
Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan Senate
In office 28 March 2013 – 31 August 2017
Speaker	Ekwee Ethuro
Majority	39 (58.2%)
Member of the Kenyan Senate
In office 28 March 2013 – 31 August 2017
Succeeded by	Irungu Kang'ata
Constituency	Murang'a County
Kenyan Ambassador to Belgium
In office March 2009 – August 2012
President	Mwai Kibaki
Member of the Kenyan Parliament
In office 2003–2007
Constituency	Kiharu Constituency
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 71–72) Kenya Colony
Political 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).

References

1. "Kenyan envoy quits to vie for Muranga Senate seat". Daily Nation. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
2. "TNA's Gitura wins Deputy Senate Speaker seat". the-star.co.ke. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
3. "The Star".