14 Notable alumni of
Kenyatta University
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Kenyatta University is 2774th in the world, 71st in Africa, and 2nd in Kenya by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Kenyatta University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rachel Ruto
- Enrolled in Kenyatta University
- Graduated with licentiate in education
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rachel Chebet Ruto is a Kenyan educator currently serving as the First Lady of Kenya. She is the wife of William Ruto, the fifth and current President of Kenya.
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Fred Matiangi
- Occupations
- ministercivil servantpolitician
- Biography
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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 him oversight over all cabinet sub-committees. While credited with implementing stringent reforms in the education and security sectors, his time in office was frequently marked by intense friction with the Judiciary of Kenya and widespread criticism from human rights organizations regarding the expansion of executive power and the use of state security apparatus against political opponents.
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
- Occupations
- writerauthornovelistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a Kenyan writer who is the author of novels, short stories and essays. She won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story "Weight of Whispers". Yvonne is also the co-founder of The Macondo Literary Festival,a non-profit organization that seeks to organize regular literary festivals that promote literature and authors of Africa and from the Global.
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Charles Keter
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Charles Cheruiyot Keter is a Kenyan politician. He has belonged to the United Democratic Alliance Party of Kenya (UDA) since 2022.
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Peter Kagwanja
- Occupations
- punditauthoracademic
- Biography
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Peter Kagwanja is a Kenyan intellectual, adviser, reform strategist and policy thinker on governance, security and African affairs. From the early 1990s, Kagwanja was associated with Kenya's pro-democracy movement through his research and writings in the media, and was one of the founders of the University Academic Staff Union (UASU). As an emigre in South Africa (2003-2008), he was in the team of experts that provided technical backing to the intense policy processes that led to the creation of the African Union (AU) and its peace and security architecture. When Kenya's opposition ascended to power, Kagwanja became part of the technical team that re-engineered and realigned the country's foreign policy and strategy to the challenges of the 21st century. He became government adviser on the post-2008 reform agenda and strategy; managed its successful campaign for the New Constitution of Kenya and provided strategic thinking towards the transition to the post-Kibaki order. Kagwanja is a public intellectual who has authored many articles and books, including Kenya's Uncertain Democracy: The Electoral Crisis of 2008 London: Routledge (2010).
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Simon Gicharu
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Simon Gìcharū is an educationalist and founder of Mount Kenya University, which is East and Central Africa’s largest private university. He is also the founder of Mount Kigali University in Rwanda. He was born in 1964 in Gathirūini village, Kiambu County, Kenya. He is the first in a family of seven. Gìcharū is also the Chairman of the Water Services Regulatory Board and National Private Universities Owners Association of Kenya. He is the founder of Equip Africa Institute and patron of the Mount Kenya University Graduate Enterprise Academy. He is also a board member at Thika Water and Sewerage Company, and the patron of Inter Universities Rover Moot under the Kenya Scouts Association. In 2015, Gìcharū was named the Eastern African Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and subsequently inducted into the Ernst and Young Hall of Fame. He is married with three children.
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Elizabeth Wathuti
- Occupations
- climate activistenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti is a Kenyan environment and climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative, which nurtures young people to love nature and be environmentally conscious at a young age and has now planted 30,000 tree seedlings in Kenya.
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Isaac Mwaura
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Isaac Maigua Mwaūra is the current Government Spokesman of Kenya, a former Senator as well as a former Cabinet Administrative Secretary (CAS) - Deputy Minister in the Office of Prime Cabinet Secretary. Mwaūra served as a Senator in Kenya's Senate under the Jubilee Party between 2017 and 2022 where he was nominated to represent Persons with Disabilities between 2017 and 2022. He was the third person to occupy that position under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. He also served as member of Parliament in the National Assembly from 2013 to 2017 after being nominated by the Orange Democratic Movement Party to represents special Interest Groups. He was the first Member of the National Assembly (MP) and Senator in Kenya with albinism. He is a member of the United Democratic Alliance Party (UDA) which is the ruling party under the Kenya Kwanza Administration of President William Samoei Ruto.
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Christopher Khaemba
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Christopher Situma Khaemba is a Kenyan educator, and the former dean of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. Khaemba became the first dean of the ALA in September 2008, moving from his role as principal of Alliance High School in Kenya to take up the position. Before that he had served as principal of Friends School Kamusinga for three years and Alliance for 10 years.
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Esther N. Ngumbi
- Born in
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Kenya - Occupations
- university teacherentomologist
- Biography
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Esther Ndumi Ngumbi is a Kenyan-American entomologist and academic who is currently an Assistant Professor of Entomology and African-American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. She was awarded the 2018 Society for Experimental Biology Presidential Award.
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Kimani Njogu
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- linguistacademicwriter
- Biography
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Dr. Kimani Njogu is a Kenyan linguist known for his study of and advocacy for the Kiswahili language.
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Njue Kevin
- Years
- 1992-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Njué Kevin is a Kenyan film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the film 18 Hours which won the Best Overall Movie in Africa, AMVCA 2018. This category had never seen a Kenyan film be nominated, and so marked history as the first Kenyan film to be nominated and win in the history of the awards.
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Anne Mungai
- Occupations
- filmmakerfilm directorfilm producerdocumentary filmmaker
- Biography
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Dr. Anne G. Mungai was a Kenyan film director. She is best known for her feature length film, Saikati (1992). She is known for exploring the stories of young African women and the challenges they face while navigating post-colonial Africa.
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Margaret Karembu
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Margaret Gathoni Karembu is a Kenyan science educator and science management specialist in the fields of technology transfer and the applications of biotechnology in Africa. She is the Director of the AfriCenter division of the ISAAA, a non-profit international organization that shares agricultural biotechnology, focusing on genetic engineering. She is the chair of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology Programming Committee, Kenya Chapter.