Eric Kotut

{{short description|Kenyan businessman}}

Eric Kotut is a Kenyan businessman who was the fourth Central Bank governor, holding office from 1988 to 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://www.centralbank.go.ke/governors/|title=Governors |publisher=Central Bank of Kenya|access-date=12 February 2020}}
- {{Cite news|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/CBK-governor-position-seems-a-poisoned-chalice/2560-3475262-pbiudgz/index.html|title=Jinxed: CBK governor post which has caused past holders untold grief|work=The East African |date=5 December 2016 |access-date=12 February 2020}}

He was appointed to the position because of his father's relationship with the then president of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, as they went to the same church.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pd.co.ke/news/how-moi-rewarded-those-who-paved-his-road-to-power-24063/|title=How Moi rewarded those who paved his road to power|date=10 February 2020 |work=People Daily |access-date=12 February 2020}}

He presided over the Goldenberg scandal that cost Kenya more than 10% of its annual GDP.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/franceschi/2274464-5356504-12y7h4nz/index.html|title=A history of state capture in Kenya: The Goldenberg scandal|work=Daily Nation |author=Luis Franceschi |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=12 February 2020}} He succeeded in having his name struck out of the Bosire Report on the Goldenberg scandal by the High Court of Kenya in 2008.