Uhuru
Muigai Kenyatta (born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who was elected
as President of Kenya in March 2013. Uhuru Kenyatta is also an accused suspect
for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court at the Hague,
Netherlands. He has served in the government of Kenya as Deputy Prime Minister
since 2008 and was also the Member of Parliament for Gatundu South
Constituency. Kenyatta also served as Chairman of Kenya African National Union
(KANU), which was a part of the Party of National Unity (PNU).
Kenyatta
is the son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president (1964–1978). His origin in
Kenya's Kikuyu tribe has played a key role in his political life. His name,
Uhuru, is Swahili for "freedom". He attended St Mary's School in
Nairobi. From there he went on to study political science at Amherst College in
the United States.
Nominated
to Parliament in 2001, he became Minister for Local Government under President
Daniel arap Moi and, despite his political inexperience, was favored by
President Moi as his successor; Kenyatta ran as KANU's candidate in the
December 2002 presidential election, but lost to opposition candidate Mwai
Kibaki by a large margin. He subsequently became Leader of the Opposition in
Parliament. He backed Kibaki for re-election in the December 2007 presidential
election and was named Minister of Local Government by Kibaki in January 2008,
before becoming Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade in April 2008 as
part of a coalition government.
Subsequently Kenyatta was Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2012, while remaining Deputy Prime Minister. Accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing crimes against humanity in relation to the violent aftermath of the 2007 election, he resigned as Minister of Finance on 26 January 2012.
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