Notable Alumni of University of Nairobi [Sorted List]

1. Thomas Kariuki

1962-. (aged 64)

immunologist

Thomas M. Kariuki is a Kenyan biologist who is Chief Executive Officer of the Science for Africa Foundation. Kariuki previously served as the Director of Programmes for the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA). He was the Director of the Institute of Primate Research/National Museums of Kenya, for seven years. Kariuki’s research interests have spanned the immunology...

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2. Francis Kagwima

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

H.E. Francis Nyamu Kagwima is a Kenyan politician, born in 1952. He is the second and incumbent Deputy Governor of Tharaka Nithi County in Kenya after having been cleared on a Jubilee Party ticket in the Kenyan election as Onesmus Muthomi Njuki's running mate. Before being elected the Deputy Governor, he served as the Member of Parliament for Tharaka Constituency...

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3. Lucy Sawere Nkya

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Lucy Sawere Nkya is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Morogoro South East constituency since 2010.

4. Maina Kiai

lawyer human rights defender

Maina Kìai is a Kenyan lawyer and human rights activist who formerly served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association from May 1, 2011, to April 30, 2017. Between 2018 and 2024, he headed Human Rights Watch's Alliances and Partnerships program.

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5. Chebet Lesan

1990-. (aged 36)

businessperson

Chebet Lesan is a Kenyan climate activist and entrepreneur whose company BrightGreen creates charcoal briquettes from local waste materials, selling them through a network of women. Her awards include the Queen's Young Leader Award and a Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.

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6. Erastus J. O. Mwencha

1947-. (aged 79)

diplomat politician

Erastus J.O. Mwencha is a Kenyan businessman who served as a Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and former Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, to which he was elected on February 6, 2008. On January 30, 2017, he was succeeded as Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission by Ghana diplomat Thomas Kwasi Quartey.

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7. Rosalyn Nandwa

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

Rosalyn Waseka Nandwa is a Kenyan politician who is the current deputy chief of staff to the deputy president of Kenya William Ruto and chief of staff to the second lady Rachel Ruto.

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8. Sam Cheptoris

1949-. (aged 77)

politician minister

Sam Mangusho Cheptoris is a Ugandan politician. He is the Cabinet Minister of Water and Environment in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016. In 2021 he was elected as member of parliament for Kapchorwa Municipality.

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9. Dorothy Wanja Nyingi

1973-. (aged 53)

ichthyologist zoologist

Dorothy Wanja Nyingi is a Kenyan ichthyologist and recipient of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms) for her work on Fish Biodiversity and Aquatic Ecology. She is the head of the Ichthyology Department at the National Museums of Kenya. She is a freshwater ecologist focusing on community driven conservation and the author of the first guide to...

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10. Nanjira Sambuli

1988-. (aged 38)

researcher activist

Nanjira Sambuli is a Kenyan researcher, writer, policy analyst and strategist interested in and working on understanding the unfolding, gendered impacts of ICT adoption on governance, media, entrepreneurship and culture.

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11. Simon Mulongo

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Simon Mulongo is a Ugandan financial advisor, international relations specialist, security consultant and politician. He is the former member of parliament and CA delegate for Bubulo County East, Bugisu sub-region and is a member of National Resistance Movement (NRM), the ruling political party in Uganda.

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12. Mary M'Mukindia

1950-. (aged 76)

chemist

Mary M'Mukindia MBS is a Kenyan businessperson in the petrochemicals industry, who was CEO of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) from 2003 to 2008. In 2015, several major newspapers implicated her in a bribery scandal connected to the failed 2013 presidential campaign of Martha Karua, but a subsequent court case found these charges to be malicious and false....

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13. Philo Ikonya

1959-. (aged 67)

academic writer journalist human rights defender political activist

Philo Ikonya is a writer, journalist and human rights activist from Kenya. Her articles and books often cover the current political situation in Kenya. She was the president of Kenya's branch of PEN, the international association of writers. After several arrests for her activism and a severe beating in 2009 while in police custody, she left Kenya in political exile.

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14. Peter Amollo Odhiambo

surgeon scientist

Peter Amollo Odhiambo is a Kenyan consultant thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon. He is Kenya's first cardiothoracic surgeon and a professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Nairobi. He is a founder and former chairman of the Kenya Cardiac Society, and a former president of the Pan African Society of Cardiology. Odhiambo is the chairman of the Kenya...

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15. Morris Ogenga Latigo

academic politician

Morris Ogenga Latigo is a Ugandan professor of agriculture, academic and politician of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) who was the Leader of Opposition in the Parliament of Uganda from 2006 to 2010.

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16. Peter Mahamudu Msolla

1945-. (aged 81)

politician minister

Peter Mahamudu Msolla is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Kilolo constituency since 2005.

17. Troy Onyango

1993-. (aged 33)

writer

Troy Onyango is a Kenyan writer, editor and lawyer. His work has appeared in journals and magazines including Prairie Schooner, Wasafiri, Caine Prize Anthology, Brittle Paper, and Transition Magazine issue 121, for which his short story "The Transfiguration" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His short story "For What Are Butterflies Without Their Wings" won the fiction prize for the...

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18. Ruth Oniang'o

1946-. (aged 80)

academic

Ruth Khasaya Oniang'o is a Kenyan Professor of Nutrition and a former member of Parliament. She created Rural Outreach Africa (ROA) to empower smallholder farmers to reduce malnutrition, she oversaw her country's nutrition policy.

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19. Joseph Manje

1962-. (aged 64)

Joseph Wathigo Manje is a Kenyan politician, a teacher, and an entrepreneur, and currently the Member of Parliament for Kajiado North Constituency in Kajiado County. He is a member of the ruling Jubilee Party under President Uhuru Kenyatta. He previously served as a Commissioner at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) as well as the Electoral Commission of Kenya's (ECK) South...

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20. Hassan Arero

1970-. (aged 56)

minister anthropologist politician

Hassan Gurach Wario Arero is a Kenyan civil servant and politician, who has been Kenyan Ambassador to Austria since 2018. He was Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture, and the Arts of Kenya from 2013 to 2018.

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21. Alice Wahome

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Alice Mūthoni Wahome is a Kenyan politician. She served as cabinet secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development. Wahome was the elected as Member of Parliament for the Kandara Constituency in the March 2013 general elections and successfully defended her seat in 2017 and 2022 prior to resigning her seat to join cabinet. Wahome is a member of...

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22. Joyce Aluoch

1947-. (aged 79)

lawyer judge

Joyce Aluoch is a Kenyan lawyer who served as Judge of the International Criminal Court from 2009 until 2018. She is a former judge of the High Court of Kenya. In addition to her career as a judge, she was the First Chairperson of the Committee of African Union Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the...

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23. Phyllis Omido

1978-. (aged 48)

environmentalist

Phyllis Omido, dubbed the "East African Erin Brockovich", is a Kenyan environmental activist. She was one of 6 people to be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015. She is known for organizing protests against a lead smelting plant located in the middle of Owino Uhuru, a slum near Mombasa. The plant was causing lead poisoning by raising the lead...

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24. Christopher Obure

1943-. (aged 83)

politician minister

Christopher Mogere Obure is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Bobasi Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the December 2007 parliamentary election. He was born in Boigesa Village on 29 September 1943. He worked for Bata Shoe Company and Kenya Breweries Limited (now East Africa Breweries) before joining...

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25. Judy Thongori

1965-2025 (aged 60)

lawyer

Judy Thongori was a Kenyan lawyer and rights activist. She was a women's rights activist, and she successfully sued the Kenyan government for not delivering 30% representation for women.

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26. Miriam Were

1940-. (aged 86)

writer novelist university teacher physician

Miriam Khamadi Were is a Kenyan public health advocate, academic, and recipient of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize. In 2022, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in public health.

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27. Sabina Wanjiru Chege

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

Sabina Wanjirū Chege is a Kenyan politician and former television actress and radio presenter who is a member of the Kenyan Parliament.

28. Mohamed Abdi Affey

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

Amb. Mohamed Abdi Affey is a Kenyan politician who is currently serving as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and former UNHCR Special Envoy to the Somalia Refugee situation. Before joining UNHCR, Affey was the IGAD'S Special Envoy to Somalia and a member of Parliament for Wajir South Constituency (1997-2002). He...

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29. Franklin Bett

1953-. (aged 73)

politician minister

Franklin Kipn'getich Bett alias is a Kenyan politician. He is the chairman of the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed him to the position. He belongs to the Jubilee Alliance Party and was elected to represent the Bureti Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.

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30. Michael Kamau

1958-. (aged 68)

politician minister

Michael Kamau is a Kenyan civil servant who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure on 25 April 2013. He was suspended from the Cabinet on 28 March 2015 on allegations of corruption and charged in court with abuse of office on 4 June 2015. He was replaced by James Macharia in an acting...

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31. Tracie D. Hall

1968-. (aged 58)

writer librarian

Tracie D. Hall is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts who served as the executive director of the American Library Association from 2020 to 2023. Hall is the first African American woman to lead the association since its founding in 1876.

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32. Esther Koimett

1957-. (aged 69)

banker

Esther Koimett is a Kenyan public servant experienced in investment promotion, banking, privatization, public enterprise, and public policy.

33. Chelagat Mutai

1949-2013 (aged 64)

politician activist

Philomena Chelagat Mutai was a prominent female Kenyan politician and human rights defender known for her bold utterances in and outside the Parliament of Kenya. Popularly known as 'Chelagat Mutai', she started out as a vocal student activist and journalist, later joining elective politics early in her life and becoming a fierce critic of the Kenya government.

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34. Jacob Kaimenyi

1952-. (aged 74)

politician minister

Jacob Thuranira Kaimenyi is a Kenyan dentist who served as Cabinet Secretary for Education, and then Land, Housing, and Urban Development, in the Cabinet of President Uhuru Kenyatta, before being appointed as the Ambassador to Belgium.

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35. Alice Wairimu Nderitu

1968-. (aged 58)

analyst mediator

Alice Wairimū Nderitū is a Kenyan mediator who formerly served as the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide under United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres from 2020 to 2024.

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36. Moses Wetangula

1956-. (aged 70)

politician minister

Moses Francis Masika Wetang'ula, is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya in 2025, after being elected on September 8, 2022. He is also the leader of the FORD-Kenya, one of the most popular political parties in Western Kenya. He served as Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012, and as Minister...

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37. Dorcas Muthoni

1979-. (aged 47)

computer scientist engineer businessperson

Dorcas Muthoni is a Kenyan entrepreneur, computer scientist and founder of OPENWORLD LTD, a software consulting company she started at the age of 24. Through her work as an entrepreneur and computer scientist, Muthoni seeks to see technology positively transforming the lives of the African society, governments and enterprises.

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38. Cecilia Ogwal

1946-2024 (aged 78)

politician businessperson management consultant

Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal was a Ugandan politician, businesswoman and management consultant. She was also a Member of Parliament for Dokolo District Women's Constituency and a member of Uganda's legislature continuously from 1996 until her death.

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39. Aden Mohammed

1963-. (aged 63)

minister entrepreneur politician

Adan Abdulla Mohammed is a prominent Kenyan banker and entrepreneur. He previously served as the managing director of Barclays Bank in East and West Africa. In 2013, he was sworn in as the Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization of Kenya.

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40. James Wainaina Macharia

1959-. (aged 67)

politician minister

James Wainaina Macharia is a Kenyan accountant who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for transport in November 2015. He replaced in acting capacity Michael kamau who was suspended in March 2015. Before that he was the cabinet secretary for health.

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41. Ahmed Issack Hassan

1970-. (aged 56)

lawyer

Ahmed Issack Hassan is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a public servant. He was the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of the Republic of Kenya from November 2011 to October 6, 2016.

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42. David Ethuro

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Ekwee David Ethuro is a Kenyan politician. Currently he is the Chairperson of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). 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...

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43. Philomena Mbete Mwilu

1957-. (aged 69)

lawyer judge

Philomena Mbete Mwilu is a Kenyan lawyer and judge, who has served as the Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya and Vice President of the Supreme Court of Kenya since 28 October 2016. Following the retirement of Chief Justice David Maraga, and before Martha Koome was appointed as the Chief Justice, she served as Acting Chief Justice and President of the...

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44. Anthony Muheria

1963-. (aged 63)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Anthony Muheria is a Kenyan Catholic bishop who serves as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nyeri. He was appointed Archbishop of Nyeri on 23 April 2017.

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45. Kenneth Marende

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Kenneth Otiato Marende is the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 10th Parliament. He was elected Speaker on January 15, 2008. Prior to his election as Speaker, Hon. Marende served as the MP for Emuhaya constituency, from 2002 to 2007. Marende was a candidate for Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 13th Parliament, but was defeated by...

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46. Robinson Njeru Githae

1957-. (aged 69)

politician minister

Robinson Njeru Githae is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Ndia Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2002. He has served as assistant minister in the ministries of justice, transport and local government before being appointed a minister in the ministries of Nairobi...

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47. Felix Koskei

1964-. (aged 62)

politician minister

Felix Kiptarus Koskei is a Kenyan who is currently the Head of Public Service in President Ruto government.

48. Patrick Njoroge

1961-. (aged 65)

economist

Patrick Ngūgì Njoroge is a Kenyan economist, banker and the ninth governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.

49. Joseph Ole Lenku

1970-. (aged 56)

politician minister

Joseph Jama Ole Lenku is a Kenyan politician who is the second Governor of Kajiado County after winning in the Kenyan General Elections on 8 August 2017 and retained his seat in the 2022 General elections held on 8 August. Lenku was Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government from 2013 to 2014.

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50. Sylvia Mulinge

1977-. (aged 49)

businessperson chief executive officer

Sylvia Wairimu Mulinge is a Kenyan businesswoman and corporate executive. Since 1 October 2022, she has served as the chief executive officer of MTN Uganda, replacing Wim Vanhelleputte, who was promoted to regional executive responsible for operations in Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry and Liberia.

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51. Henry Rotich

1969-. (aged 57)

politician minister

Henry K. Rotich is a Kenyan civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury following his appointment by Uhuru Kenyatta on 23 April 2013. On 14 January 2020, Rotich, who had been arrested on charges of corruption, was removed from this position.

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52. Njoki Susanna Ndung'u

1965-. (aged 61)

lawyer judge

Njoki Susanna Ndung'u is a Kenyan lawyer and a justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from University of Nairobi and a Master of Laws (LLM) in human rights and civil liberties from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. She was born in 1966.

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53. Njuguna Ndung'u

1959-. (aged 67)

banker economist

Njūgūna S. Ndūng'ū is a Kenyan economist who is the ex-Minister of Finance in the cabinet of President William Samoei Ruto from October 2022 to July 2024.

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54. Apolo Nsibambi

1940-2019 (aged 79)

university teacher minister politician

Apolo Robin Nsibambi was a Ugandan academic and politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Uganda from 5 April 1999 until 24 May 2011, when Amama Mbabazi succeeded him.

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55. Avril

1986-. (aged 40)

songwriter singer actor entertainer

Judith Nyambura Mwangi, who is better known as Avril, is a Kenyan singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. She was formerly signed to Ogopa Deejays, one of the leading music production and record labels in Kenya. As a singer, she is known for the singles "Mama", "Kitu Kimoja", "Chokoza" and "Hakuna Yule". As an actress, she is best known for playing...

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56. Evans Kidero

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Evans Odhiambo Kidero is a Kenyan politician and former Governor of Nairobi County. He was CEO of Mumias Sugar Company for 8 years, resigning in 2012 to join elective politics.

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57. Margaret Ogola

1958-2011 (aged 53)

physician writer pediatrician

Margaret Atieno Ogola was a Kenyan Catholic novelist who wrote The River and the Source and its sequel, I Swear by Apollo.

58. Davis Chirchir

1960-. (aged 66)

politician minister

Davis Chirchir is a Kenyan politician who is currently serving as Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport. He previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum in the Uhuru Kenyatta Administration from 2017 to 2022 and in the William Ruto Government from 2022 to 2024.

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59. Matia Kasaija

1944-. (aged 82)

politician minister

Matia Kasaija is a Ugandan politician and diplomat who has served as the current Minister of Finance of Uganda since March 2015.

60. Wycliffe Oparanya

1956-. (aged 70)

minister accountant politician

Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya is a Kenyan politician who is the current Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and MSMEs. He previously served as the governor of Kakamega County from 2013 to 2022.

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61. Githu Muigai

1960-. (aged 66)

lawyer public prosecutor general minister politician

Githu Muigai is a Kenyan lawyer who was the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya until February 13, 2018, when he resigned. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Nairobi, a master's degree in international law from Columbia University School of Law, and was awarded a doctoral degree in law in November 2002. Prior to...

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62. Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer politician

Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona is a Kenyan politician. She originally trained as a lawyer, and has been a member of parliament since 2008. She was first nominated and later elected as a Member of Suba North Constituency.

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63. Peter Munya

1969-. (aged 57)

politician minister

Peter Gatirau Munya is the immediate former Cabinet Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture. He took over the ministry on 14 January 2020 after being transferred from the Ministry of Trade and Industrialization. He also served in the same capacity in the ministry of East African Community and Northern Corridor Development.

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64. Monica Juma

1954-. (aged 72)

politician minister

Monica Kathina Juma CBS, EGH, MBS is a Kenyan diplomat who currently serves as National Security Advisor to President William Ruto. She previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence in the cabinet of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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65. Justin Muturi

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi is a Kenyan politician who was the 7th Speaker of the National Assembly from 2013 to 2022, and 8th Attorney General of Kenya from 2022 to 2024.

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66. Eugene Wamalwa

1969-. (aged 57)

politician minister

Eugene Wamalwa is a Kenyan politician who was the former Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Defense. Prior to that before 29 September 2021, he was Cabinet Secretary of Devolution. He is also a former minister for Justice. He also served as Minister for Water and Irrigation. He belongs to the Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya Coalition Party, and...

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67. Kipchumba Murkomen

1979-. (aged 47)

politician

Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen is a Kenyan lawyer and politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Interior and National Administration. He is also the former Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports and also former cabinet secretary for Roads, Transport, and Public Works in Kenya. Murkomen is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a...

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68. Willy Munyoki Mutunga

1947-. (aged 79)

lawyer judge

Willy Munyoki Mutunga, EGH is a Kenyan lawyer, intellectual, reform activist, and was the Commonwealth Special Envoy to the Maldives. He is also an active member of the Justice Leadership Group. He is the retired Chief Justice of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya.

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69. Peter Kenneth

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Peter Kenneth is a Kenyan politician. He hails from Kirwara Sub-location of Gatanga Constituency in Murang'a County, Kenya.

70. Martha Karua

1957-. (aged 69)

minister jurist politician

Martha Wangari Karua is a Kenyan politician. She is a former long-standing member of parliament for Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She was Minister for Justice until resigning from that position in April 2009. She has consistently fought for the protection of women's rights and improvements to the democratic process.

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71. Ferdinand Omurwa

1996-. (aged 30)

athletics competitor

Ferdinand Omanyala Omurwa is a Kenyan sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 and 200 m. In 2022, he won his first international championships, with victories in the 100 m at the Commonwealth Games, and African Championships in Athletics. Omanyala is the African record holder and the tenth-fastest man of all time in the event after clocking a time of...

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72. James Orengo

1951-. (aged 75)

minister lawyer politician

James Aggrey Bob Orengo is a Kenyan lawyer, a human rights activist, and a politician who is the current governor for Siaya County. He is also one of the few Kenyan lawyers who have attained the professional grade of Senior counsel in the legal field, a title that he earned during the Kibaki administration.

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73. Anne Waiguru

1971-. (aged 55)

politician minister

Anne Mūmbi Waigūrū, EGH, is the second Governor of Kirinyaga County in Kenya, who has been in office since 22 August 2017, currently in her second term.

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74. Ida Odinga

1950-. (aged 76)

First Lady

Ida Betty Odinga is a Kenyan businesswoman, activist, and educator. She is the widow of Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya and the leader of the National Super Alliance (NASA). In 2010, The Standard named Odinga, as one of the first women to head a major Kenyan company, and one of the most powerful women in Kenya in...

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75. James Mwangi

1962-. (aged 64)

banker accountant businessperson

James Mwangi is a Kenyan accountant, career banker, businessman, and entrepreneur. He is the current group managing director and group chief executive officer of Equity Group Holdings Plc, the banking conglomerate with one of the largest customer bases on the African continent, over 14 million as of December 2019.

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76. David Maraga

1951-. (aged 75)

lawyer judge

David Kenani Maraga is a Kenyan lawyer and jurist. He was the 14th Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya from October 2016 until his retirement in January 2021.

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77. Mutahi Kagwe

1958-. (aged 68)

politician minister

Mūtahi Kagwe is a Kenyan politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development in the Republic of Kenya. Formerly he was the cabinet secretary for Health in the government of Uhuru Kenyatta. He assumed office on 28 February 2020 after the docket was handed over to him by the previous cabinet secretary for Health, Sicily Kariuki. Kagwe...

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78. Martha Koome

1960-. (aged 66)

lawyer judge

Martha Karambu Koome is a Kenyan advocate who is currently serving as the chief justice of Kenya and is the first woman to occupy the post.

79. William Ruto

1966-. (aged 60)

minister businessperson politician

William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto pronunciation CGH is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the first elected deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. He previously served in three cabinet portfolios as the Minister for Home Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and...

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80. Wangari Muta Maathai

1940-2011 (aged 71)

teacher politician

Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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81. Chris Coons

1963-. (aged 63)

lawyer businessperson politician

Christopher Andrew Coons is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, a seat he has held since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Coons served as the county executive of New Castle County from 2005 to 2010.

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82. Malik Obama

1958-. (aged 68)

businessperson politician

Abon'go Malik "Roy" Obama is a Kenyan-American businessman and former political candidate known for being the paternal half-brother of former President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the eldest son of economist Barack Obama Sr.

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83. PLO Lumumba

1962-. (aged 64)

lawyer

Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba is a Kenyan lawyer and activist. He was the director of the Kenya School of Law and served as the director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from July 2010 to August 2011.

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84. Musalia Mudavadi

1960-. (aged 66)

politician minister

Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya, and since 2023, in an expanded role of Foreign & Diaspora Affairs cabinet secretary of Kenya. As of 1 November 2024, he is also serving as the cabinet secretary in the ministry of interior, albeit in an acting capacity, succeeding...

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85. Kalonzo Musyoka

1953-. (aged 73)

politician minister

Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is a Kenyan politician who was the tenth Vice-President of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. Musyoka served in the government under the late President Daniel arap Moi as the Secretary of Kenya African National Union party (1980-1988), Assistant Minister for Works (1986-1988), Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (1988-1992), Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1993 until 1998,...

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86. Iman

1955-. (aged 71)

actor television actor entrepreneur model film actor

Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, known mononymously as Iman, is a Somali-American model and actress. A muse of the designers Gianni Versace, Thierry Mugler, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, and Yves Saint Laurent, she is also noted for her philanthropic work. She was married to athlete Spencer Haywood from 1977 to 1987 and musician David Bowie from 1992 until his death in 2016.

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87. Kimani Njogu

1953-. (aged 73)

linguist academic writer

Dr. Kimani Njogu is a Kenyan linguist known for his study of and advocacy for the Kiswahili language.

88. Fred Matiangi

minister civil servant politician

Fred Okengo Matiang'i is a Kenyan academic and former Cabinet Secretary who served in various high-profile dockets under the administration of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Most notably, he served as the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government from 2017 to 2022, a tenure characterized by a "super-minister" status following a 2019 executive order that granted...

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89. Vincent Makori

journalist

Vincent Makori is Managing Editor Television at Voice America and host of VOA’s weekly TV interview program Straight Talk Africa. Voice of America’s English television live news magazine show that broadcasts daily from Washington D.C. The program brings information about Africa, the United States, and the world to viewers across Africa.

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90. Fredros O Okumu

parasitologist entomologist

Fredros Okumu is a Kenyan parasitologist and entomologist, who currently works as director of science at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. His primary research interests concern the interactions between humans and mosquitoes.

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91. Linda Kwamboka

1988-. (aged 38)

chief executive officer businessperson computer science lobbyist

Linet Kwamboka, is a Kenyan computer scientist and businesswoman, who is the founder and chief executive officer of DataScience Limited, an IT research company.

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92. Francis Omondi Ogolla

1962-2024 (aged 62)

military officer fighter pilot

General Francis Omondi Ogolla was a Kenyan military officer who served from April 2023 to April 2024 as the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).

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93. Rebecca Miano

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer businessperson

Hon. Rebecca Miano, EGH is a Kenyan lawyer and continental business leader, currently serving as Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife. She previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade & Industry from October 2023 to July 2024. She is a former Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, the ASALs and Regional Development. Before joining the cabinet, she was...

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94. Lucy Gichuhi

1962-. (aged 64)

politician civil servant lawyer accountant auditor

Lucy Muringo Gichuhi is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for South Australia from 2017 to 2019. Born in Kenya, Gichuhi worked as an accountant before entering politics. Gichuhi is a social conservative who has been vocally opposed to the legalisation of same-sex marriage.

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