James Gichuru

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James Samuel Gichuru (born March 1914 in Thogoto , Kiambu , † August 10, 1982 in Nairobi ) was a Kenyan politician of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) who was a minister several times.

Life

James Samuel Gichuru attended a mission school of the Church of Scotland in Dagoretti and worked himself as a teacher . He became chief of Dagoretti in 1950 and held this position until his dismissal by the British colonial administration in 1952. He was involved in the Kenya African Union (KAU) of Jomo Kenyatta , but was not one of the main activists of the KAU and was because of his Christianity Faith not arrested with Kenyatta in 1952. However, he was placed under the supervision of the colonial administration in 1955, where he was allowed to continue to work as a teacher. After the final lifting of police supervision in January 1960, he became acting president of the KAU due to the further imprisonment of Kenyatta. On May 14, 1960, together with Wanjiku wa Kahore, he founded the Kenya African National Union (KANU), which, as the successor organization to KAU, had merged with the Kenya Independence Movement (KIM) of Tom Mboya , Oginga Odinga and Julius Gikonyo Kiano . He was also acting chairman of KANU during Jomo Kenyatta's incarceration until 1961. After Kenyatta's release from custody on August 15, 1961, he resigned as chairman of KANU and was elected a member of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya in February 1962 to represent Kiambu . After the London Kenya Conference on April 10, 1962, a coalition government consisting of Kenyatta's KANU and the Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) was formed by Ronald Ngala , took over the post of finance minister in this protectorate government.

In the elections on May 18 and 26, 1963 , Gichuru was elected a member of the National Assembly for the first time and represented the constituency of Limuru after his re-election on December 26, 1969 and October 14, 1979 until his death on August 10, 1982 . On June 11, 1963, Gichuru took over the office of Minister of Finance and Economic Planning in the first government of the now Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, who after Kenya gained independence from the United Kingdom on December 12, 1963, finally became Kenya's first President on December 12, 1964 . The first Kenyatta Cabinet consisted of: Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, Interior Minister Ajuma Oginga Odinga , Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Thomas Joseph Mboya , Minister of Finance and Economic Planning James Samuel Gichuru, Minister of Education Joseph Daniel Otiende , Minister of Local Government and Regions Samuel Onyango Ayodo , Minister for Trade and Industry Julius Gikonyo Kiano , Minister for Public Works, Communications and Energy Dawson Mwanyumba , Minister for Labor and Social Services Eluid Ngala Mwendwa , Minister for Lands, Games, Fisheries, Water and Natural Resources Lawrence George Sagini , Minister for Health and Housing Njoroge Mungai , Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Tourism Ramogi Achieng Oneko , Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Joseph Murumbi and Minister of State for Pan-African Affairs Peter Mbiyu Koinange . In 1965, responsibility for development planning, which had previously been in his ministry, was transferred to Tom Mboya, who was meanwhile Minister of Economics.

James Gichuru held the post of finance minister until December 1969 and was then replaced by Mwai Kibaki . He himself then took over the post of Minister of Defense, which he held until 1979. In the government of Kenyatta's successor Daniel arap Moi , he last served as Minister of State from 1979 until his death on August 10, 1982.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , p. 226 et al., October 16 to December 20, 1962
  2. ↑ Kenya Gazette , p. 643, June 11, 1963
  3. ↑ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , p. 1140 et al., July 28 to October 1, 1964
  4. ↑ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , p. 30 et al., December 14, 1964 to May 12, 1965
  5. ↑ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , p. 95 et al., June 1 to July 30, 1965
  6. ↑ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , p. 969 et al., September 14 to October 22, 1965
  7. ↑ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , p. 694 et al., January 25 to March 10, 1966
  8. ↑ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) , p. 1442 et al., November 1 to December 22, 1966
  9. ^ Republic of Kenya: Former Finance Ministers
personal data
SURNAME Gichuru, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gichuru, James Samuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Thogoto
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1982
Place of death Nairobi