UHURU KENYATTA- 4TH President of Kenya

Uhuru Kenyatta – President of Kenya

Uhuru Kenyatta – President of Kenya: Profile, Biography and Timeline.

Uhuru Kenyatta is the forth President of Kenya

October 26, 1961: Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is born. He is named Uhuru, in anticipation  for Kenya’s upcoming independence

Uhuru Kenyatta attended St Mary’s School in Nairobi. He played as a Winger for St. Mary’s Nairobi Rugby Team

Uhuru Kenyatta – President of Kenya

1978: Uhuru loses his father, and Kenya’s firrst president ; Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, who died aged 89.

1979 – 1980 Uhuru Kenyatta worked as a teller at the Kenya Commercial Bank, Kipande House Branch.

Uhuru Kenyatta joined Amherst College USA. to study Political Science and Economics.

1989: Uhuru Kenyatta starts his first company, Wiham Kenya Limited, where he used to personally pick up and transport horticulture for export on his pick up truck.

1991:  Uhuru Kenyatta marries his sweetheart and best friend Margaret.

1992: Uhuru Kenyatta campaigns for Kenneth Matiba

1994:  Uhuru Kenyatta sold Wiham Kenya Limited.

1997: Uhuru Kenyatta runs for the Parliamentary seat for Gatundu South, But  looses to Moses Muhia.

1999: Uhuru Kenyatta was appointed the new chairman of the Kenya Tourism Board by President Moi

2001: Uhuru Kenyatta is Nominated to Parliament by President Moi

2001 Uhuru Kenyatta is appointed minister for Local Government under President Daniel arap Moi

2002: Uhuru Kenyatta contested for the presidency on a KANU ticket, but lost to NARC’s Mwai Kibaki and opted to take his seat as official Opposition Leader.

January 2005: Uhuru Kenyatta defeated Nicholas Biwott for chairmanship of KANU, taking 2,980 votes among party delegates against Biwott’s 622.

2005: Uhuru Kenyatta led his party KANU in campaigns against the draft constitution in the 2005 constitutional referendum.

September 13, 2007: Uhuru Kenyatta withdrew from the December 2007 presidential election and said that he would back Kibaki for re-election. He said that he did not want to run unless he could be sure of winning.

December 2007: Uhuru Kenyatta backed Kibaki for re-election in the  presidential election.

January 2008: Uhuru Kenyatta was named Minister of Local Government by president Mwai Kibaki.

13 April 2008: Uhuru Kenyatta was named Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade as part of the Grand Coalition Cabinet.

December 15, 2010:  Uhuru Kenyatta was named as a suspect of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court prosecutor Moreno Ocampo, for planning and funding violence in Naivasha and Nakuru

9 March 2013: Uhuru Kenyatta wins the presidential election and becomes the forth president of Kenya

“Growing up in the Kenyatta household taught us many things. My father taught us to treat everyone fairly. He taught us the essence of justice and fairness, he told us to learn from history but not to live in history.”

 Uhuru Kenyatta Wife, Children and Family

Uhuru Kenyatta is married to Margaret Wanjiruand has three children, Jomo, Ngina and Jaba. Uhuru’s wife Margaret is not very well known because she prefers to keep a low profile.

 50 little known facts about Uhuru Kenyatta

1.    He was conceived in Samburu
2.     He was born in Nairobi
3.     He is left handed
4.     He worked for KCB at Kipande House
5.     He earned 600/- while working for KCB
6.     History was his favorite subject in High School
7.     Played on the wing for St Mary’s School rugby team
8.     He was the First Politician to concede defeat at the Presidential Level
9.     His favorite film is Shaka Zulu
10.     His favorite musicians are Bob Marley, Tracy Chapman and UB40
11.     He has 3 kids
12.     He is a practicing Catholic
13.     He wears specs while reading
14.     His favorite food is Nyama Choma
15.     His favorite authors are Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn
16.     His favorite TV SHOW’s are 24 and Spooks
17.     The first car he owned was an Alfa Romeo
18.     He used to personally collect horticulture for export in his pick-up
19.     He joined politics in 1989
20.     He campaigned for Matiba in 1992
21.     He first met his wife in 1978 in Mombasa
22.     His father passed away while he was in form four
23.     He has slept in St House, but it was never his home
24.     His father had 4 boys and 4 girls
25.     He worked at Burger King while in the US
26.     He fronted an Afro while in Uni
27.     His favorite beer is Tusker
28.     His favorite gadget is an Iphone
29.     If he could hang out with a band it would be UB40
30.     He favorite computer game is Tiger Woods Golf PGA Tour
31.     His favorite cartoon is The Flintstones
32.     His favorite comic is Archie
33.     His favorite color is Blue
34.     His favorite board game is backgammon
35.     The Kenya Economic Stimulus program was first launched under his leadership at the Treasury.
36.     The project that he has initiated that he would most like to see succeed is IFMIS
37.     He is the first finance Minister to create a loan facility for the JuaKali sector.
38.     If he could be any animal he would be a cheetah
39.     His pets are both a Great Dane and Chihuahau
40.     He has retained his first driver and secretary to date
41.     His favorite Ministry that he has worked in is Trade
42.     He lost the first parliamentary election.
43.     He intends to retire at 60.
44.     He proposed to his wife in Karen, Nairobi
45.     He was suspended from school?
46.     His best friend is his wife Margaret
47.     Favourite bible verses are Psalms 23, and 137
48.     The world leader he would most like to meet is Fidel Castro
49.     The most influential person he has met to date is Nelson Mandela
50.     His greatest wish is to serve the people of Kenya
51.  He is the fourth president of Kenya