Kembi Gitura

Kembi Gitura
Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan Senate
Assumed office
28 March 2013
Speaker Ekwee Ethuro
Majority 39 (58.2%)
Member of the Kenyan Senate
Assumed office
28 March 2013
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 6263)
Kenya Colony
Nationality Kenyan
Political party TNA
Alma mater University of Nairobi

James Kembi Gitura is a Kenyan politician who has been Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan Senate since 2013.

Gitura represented the Kiharu Constituency in the Kenyan Parliament 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]

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. Retrieved 28 March 2013.


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