Minister for Finance (Kenya)

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The Minister of Finance of Kenya is a cabinet position held by the Minister responsible for the Ministry of Finance.

List[]

Ministers[]

The following are the Finance Ministers of Kenya since independence.^[1]

Parties

  Kenya African National Union   Party of National Unity

#	Portrait	Minister	Took Office	Left Office	Notes
1		James Gichuru	1963	1969[2]	Loved his bottle. Once forgot his briefing notes at his favourite Karai Bar on Munyu road. Once also had the Budget reading stopped midway to get a swallow
2		Mwai Kibaki	1969	1982[3]	Kenya's best minister in the docket and longest serving. Became third president after being elected overwhelmingly in December 2002.
3		Arthur Magugu	1982	1986[4]	The Land Economist was close to second president Daniel Arap Moi
4		George Saitoti	1986	1992	Goldenberg scandal occurred[3]
5		Musalia Mudavadi	1993	1997	Land economist and son of long serving minister Moses Substone Mudavadi mopped up the excess liquidity related to the 1992 multiparty elections
6		Simeon Nyachae	1998	1999
7		Francis Masakhalia	February 1999	August 1999
8		Chris Okemo	Sept. 1999	Nov. 2001	Now facing an extradition case related to money laundering at Kenya Power in his earlier career as Energy minister
9		Christopher Obure	Nov. 2001	Dec. 2002
10		Daudi Mwiraria	Jan. 2003	Feb. 2006	Resigned following the Anglo-Leasing scandal[3]
11		Amos Kimunya	Feb. 2006	2008	Resigned following the Grand Regency Scandal[3]
–		John Michuki (in a temporary capacity)	2008	2009
12		Uhuru Kenyatta	2009	2011	Resigned following the ruling by the International Criminal Court[5]
13		Robinson Njeru Githae	2011	2013

Cabinet Secretaries[]

#	Portrait	Minister	Took Office	Left Office
1		Henry Rotich	15 May 2013	Removed in office, face charges of corruption; 22 July 2019
2		Ukur Yatani Kanacho	14 January 2020

See also[]

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kenya)

References[]