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Ekwee Ethuro
Ekwee David Ethuro (born 31 December 1963) is a Kenyan politician. He was elected as the first Speaker of the modern Kenyan Senate on 28 March 2013. 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. Early life, education and career Born on 31 December 1963, Ethuro attended secondary school at Lodwar High School from 1978 to 1981. He is an alumnus of the Alliance High School, holds an MSc degree from the Clemson University, and a BSc degree from the University of Nairobi. Before joining Parliament, Ethuro, an ardent soccer lover and member of the Bunge F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kembi Gitura
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. 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. Gitura later lost his seat in to Irungu Kang'ata Irungu Kang'ata is a Kenyan politician. He is the governor of Muranga County. He also is the former senator of Murang'a County, and the former Senate of Kenya Majority Chief Whip, former member of parliament for Kiharu Constituency and a former ... in the 2017 Kenya general election Consequently, Kembi Gitura was appointed the Chairperson of KEMSA where he led until 2021 when he was fired for alleged scandal in procu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkana County
Turkana County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It is Kenya's largest county by land area (followed by Marsabit County), and also its northwesternmost. It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; South Sudan and Ethiopia, including the disputed Ilemi Triangle, to the north and northeast; and Lake Turkana to the east. To the south and east, neighbouring counties in Kenya are West Pokot, Baringo and Samburu Counties, while Marsabit County is on the opposite (i.e. eastern) shore of Lake Turkana. Turkana's capital and largest town is Lodwar. The county had a population of 926,976 at the 2019 census. History Four sites of Stone Age cultures are situated upon tributaries along the west side of Lake Turkana in West Turkana; at Lokalalei, Kokiselei and Nadungu, and became of interest to archaeology beginning sometime during 1988. The earliest late Stone age industries in prehistory were found in Turkana, at the site of Lomekwi, and date to 3,30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Nairobi Alumni
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The National Assembly (Kenya)
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of National Unity (Kenya) Politicians
The National Unity Party, National United Party, Party of National Unity or National Unity Front may refer to: * National United Party of Afghanistan (founded 2003) * National Unity Party (Albania) * National United Party (Armenia), defunct * National Unity Front, in Bolivia (founded 2003) * National Unity Party (Canada) * National Unity Party (Central African Republic) * Party of National Unity (Czechoslovakia) * National Unity Party (Dominican Republic) (founded 2002) * Party of National Unity (Fiji) * National Unity Party (Guinea-Bissau) * National Unity Party (Haiti) * Party of National Unity (Hungary) (1932–1939) * National Unity Party (Israel) * National United Front of Kampuchea (1970–75) * Party of National Unity (Kenya) (founded 2007) * National Unity Party (Malawi) * National Unity Party (Moldova) * National Unity Party (Mozambique) * National United Front, Myanmar (1955–1962) * National Unity Party (Myanmar) (founded 1988) * National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speakers Of The Senate Of Kenya
Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In poetry, the literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character; see Character (arts) Electronics * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers, speakers sold for use with computers ** Speaker driver, the essential electromechanical element of the loudspeaker Arts, entertainment and media * Los Speakers (or "The Speakers"), a Colombian rock band from the 1960s * ''The Speaker'' (periodical), a weekly review published in London from 1890 to 1907 * ''The Speaker'' (TV series), a 2009 BBC television series * "Speaker" (song), by David Banner * "Speakers" (Sam Hunt song), 2014 * ''The Speaker'', the second book in Traci Chee's Sea of Ink and Gold trilog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the penumbral lunar eclipse and the annular solar eclipse, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee. * January 19 – Soviet spy Ghe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josphat Nanok
Josphat Nanok is a Kenyan politician who served as the governor of Turkana County Turkana County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It is Kenya's largest county by land area (followed by Marsabit County), and also its northwesternmost. It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; South Sudan ... from 2013 to 2022. Political life Josphat Koli Nanok is the first Governor of Turkana County, Kenya, serving his second term following his re-election in August 2017. Nanok was first elected Governor in 2013, and has led the economic transformation of Turkana County by laying a strong infrastructural foundation in early childhood education, basic healthcare, trade, transport and food security sectors. Before serving as Governor, Nanok was first elected as Member of Parliament for Turkana South constituency in 2007, under the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party. The constituency covered the current Turkana South and Turkana East constituencies. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituency Development Fund
Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) are central government funds given to members of parliament for expenditure on their constituencies, also called electoral districts. CDFs were first adopted in India. After introduction in Kenya in 2003, CDFs spread to other African countries and across the world.:1 Ghana Ghana's CDF was instituted in 1996, when members of parliament were allocated 5% of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).:17 India India has two CDF systems: the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) at the national level and the Member of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Fund (MLA-LAD) for the Legislative Assembly of each of India’s 28 states. The MPLADS scheme was instituted in India in 1993. Under the MPLADS, an equal amount is allocated yearly to each parliamentary constituency.:27 Kenya The Kenyan Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was introduced in 2003 during the Kibaki Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Lusaka
Kenneth Makelo Lusaka (born 18 September 1963) is the 2nd and current governor of Bungoma County. Previously, he served as the speaker of Senate 017 -2022and was the 1st Governor of Bungoma County in Kemya, a term he served between 2013 - 2017 where he was defeated by Wycliffe Wafula Wangamati in the 2017 General Elections. Early life Ken Lusaka Was born on 18 September 1963 in Bungoma County. He attended Kamukuywa Primary School, then Kibabii High School for his 'O' Levels and later Chesamisi High School and Friends School Kamusinga for his 'A' levels. After high school, he went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and History. From the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ..., he earned an MA in Public P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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