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James Kembi Gitura is a Kenyan politician. He was a Deputy Speaker of the
Kenyan Senate The Senate of the Republic of Kenya is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya, along with the National Assembly. The Senate was first established as part of Kenya's 1963 Constitution. After being abolished in 1966, the Senate was ...
between 2013 and 2017.


Political life

Gitura represented the
Kiharu Constituency Kiharu Constituency( Visit our Official website:''https://kiharuconstituency21.web.app/'' )is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies of Muranga County. The Murang'a town is located within this constituency. Between 19 ...
in the
National Assembly (Kenya) The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya. Between 1966 and 2013, it served as a unicameral house. In 2013 ( 11th Parliament), it became the lower house when the Senate was reestablish ...
from 2003 to 2007. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Kenyan Ambassador to
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, 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 procuring COVID-19 supplies. Gitura understands the political life of Kenya. He is currently chairperson of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).


References

1953 births Living people Members of the Senate of Kenya Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) University of Nairobi alumni People from Murang'a County {{Kenya-politician-stub