President kenyatta biography
President kenyatta biography
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Uhuru Kenyatta
President of Kenya from April 2013 to September 2022
For other uses, see Uhuru (disambiguation).
Uhuru Muigai KenyattaCGH ( born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.[1][2] The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president,[3] he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.
Daniel Arap Moi had picked Kenyatta as his preferred successor. However, he was defeated by the then opposition leader Mwai Kibaki in the 2002 election, and Kibaki was subsequently sworn in as the President.[4] Kenyatta served as the member of parliament (MP) for Gatundu South from 2002 to 2013 and also as Deputy Prime Minister to Raila Odinga from 2008 to 2013.[citation needed] Currently he is a member and the party leader of the Jubilee Party of Kenya, whose popularity has since dwindled.
Kenyatta was previously a member of the Kenya Africa National Union