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Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenyan politician who served as the fourth President of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.

CurrentLatest source dated 2026-09-22Last reviewed 2026-10-26

What roles did Uhuru Kenyatta hold, and when?

Roles in date order

  1. 2001 to 2002
    Nominated Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Kenya Former

    Nominated member of the National Assembly before being elected for Gatundu South in 2002.[1, 2]

  2. 2001 to 2002
    Minister for Local Government, Government of Kenya (President Daniel arap Moi) Date uncertain

    Cabinet minister for local government after his 2001 nomination to Parliament; exact start and end dates not stated in sources read.[1, 2]

  3. 2002 to 2013
    Member of Parliament for Gatundu South, National Assembly of Kenya Date uncertain

    Elected for Gatundu South constituency in 2002 and re-elected in 2007; end date inferred from his election as President in 2013.[1]

  4. 2002
    Leader of the Official Opposition, National Assembly of Kenya Date uncertain

    Became Leader of the Official Opposition after finishing second in the December 2002 presidential election; start and end dates not stated in sources read.[1, 2]

  5. 2005-01
    National Chairman, Kenya African National Union (KANU) Date uncertain

    Elected KANU chairman in January 2005, defeating Nicholas Biwott; end date not stated in sources read.[2]

  6. 2008-01-08 to 2008-04
    Minister for Local Government, Government of Kenya (President Mwai Kibaki) Former

    Appointed Minister for Local Government on 8 January 2008, before moving to Trade in April 2008.[1]

  7. 2008-04 to 2013
    Deputy Prime Minister, Government of Kenya (Grand Coalition Government) Date uncertain

    One of the Deputy Prime Ministers in the coalition government; retained the post after stepping aside as Finance Minister in January 2012. End date not stated in sources read.[1, 3]

  8. 2008-04 to 2009-01-23
    Minister for Trade, Government of Kenya Former

    Held the Trade portfolio alongside the Deputy Prime Minister post until moving to Finance; the Trade portfolio went to Amos Kimunya on 23 January 2009.[1, 4]

  9. 2009-01-23 to 2012-01-26
    Minister for Finance, Government of Kenya Former

    Minister for Finance (Treasury) until stepping aside on 26 January 2012 following the ICC confirmation of charges.[4, 3, 1]

  10. 2013-04-09 to 2022-09-13
    President of the Republic of Kenya, Republic of Kenya Former

    Fourth President of Kenya; sworn in on 9 April 2013, re-elected in the October 2017 repeat election, and handed over to William Ruto on 13 September 2022.[1, 2, 5]

  11. 2016 to 2026-09
    Party Leader, Jubilee Party Former

    Leader of the Jubilee Party, which he launched on 10 September 2016; on 22 September 2026 he stepped aside as party leader, said he would remain a member in an advisory capacity, and asked delegates to accept Fred Matiang'i as his successor, pending confirmation at the party's National Delegates Convention. Exact start of the party-leader title not stated in sources read.[6, 7, 8, 9]

  12. 2022
    Facilitator, EAC-led Nairobi Process (eastern DRC), East African Community Date uncertain

    Appointed by the EAC Heads of State as Facilitator of the EAC-led Nairobi Process on peace in eastern DR Congo, linked by the EAC to its July 2022 summit; the process was later merged into the joint EAC-SADC process (2025).[10, 11]

  13. 2022-10
    Member, AU High-Level Panel for the Ethiopia peace process, African Union Commission Date uncertain

    Appointed by the AU Commission Chairperson to join High Representative Olusegun Obasanjo in the AU-led Ethiopia–TPLF talks that led to the agreement signed in Pretoria on 2 November 2022.[12, 13]

  14. 2025-02
    Member, Panel of Facilitators for the eastern DRC peace process, East African Community / Southern African Development Community (later with the African Union) Current

    Named one of the facilitators of the merged EAC-SADC peace process for eastern DR Congo (reported 25 February 2025, following the 8 February 2025 joint summit in Dar es Salaam); retained on the five-member Panel of Facilitators announced at the joint summit of 24 March 2025; listed as a panel member in a 1 August 2025 communique, a 3 February 2026 Uganda State House release and a 26 July 2026 African Union press release.[11, 14, 15, 16, 17]

Sources

  1. H.E. Hon. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta - ProfileState House Kenya (PSCU), primary source
  2. The timelines of Uhuru KenyattaPeople Daily, secondary source
  3. Kenya's two ICC-indicted officials quit postsAl Jazeera, 2012-01-26, secondary source
  4. Kimunya back in the CabinetCapital FM, 2009-01-23, secondary source
  5. Uhuru takes oath as Kenya's PresidentCapital FM, 2013-04-09, secondary source
  6. Kenyan President Launches Political PartyVoice of America, 2016-09-10, secondary source
  7. Kenya: Uhuru Clears Way for Matiang'i As He Steps Aside From Jubilee LeadershipCapital FM (via AllAfrica), 2026-09-22, secondary source
  8. Matiang'i takes over Jubilee leadership as Uhuru exits party officeCitizen Digital, 2026-09-22, secondary source
  9. Takeover: Uhuru hands Jubilee leadership to Matiang'iThe Standard, 2026-09-22, secondary source
  10. EAC-led Nairobi Process FacilitatorEast African Community, primary source
  11. Congo-Kinshasa: Kenyatta, Desalegn, Obasanjo Named Peace Facilitators for DRC ProcessAllAfrica, 2025-02-25, secondary source
  12. AUC Chairperson welcomes the commitment of the two parties to the restoration of peace in EthiopiaAfrican Union Commission, 2022-10-06, primary source
  13. Remarks by HE Olusegun Obasanjo, High Representative of the AU Chairperson for the Horn of Africa, at the signing of the peace agreementDepartment of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa, 2022-11-02, primary source
  14. Five former African countries heads of state appointed to facilitate DRC peace processFANA (Fana Media Corporation), 2025-03-25, secondary source
  15. Communique of Meeting of the Co-Chairs of the Joint EAC-SADC Summit with Panel of FacilitatorsState House Kenya, 2025-08-01, primary source
  16. President Museveni hosts AU-EAC-SADC Panel of Facilitators for DRC peace talksState House Uganda, 2026-02-03, primary source
  17. Press release: High-Level Harmonisation Meeting of the Panel of Facilitators and the Independent Joint Secretariat for the Eastern DRC Peace Process, GaboroneAfrican Union, 2026-07-26, primary source

Change history

  • 2026-10-26 Record published.

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