Kembi Gitura
{{Short description|Kenyan politician}}
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|office3 = Kenyan Ambassador to Belgium
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James Kembi Gitura is a Kenyan politician. He was a Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan Senate between 2013 and 2017.
Political life
Gitura represented the Kiharu Constituency in the National Assembly (Kenya) from 2003 to 2007. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Kenyan Ambassador to Belgium, serving from 2009 until his resignation in 2012 in order to stand for election to the Senate.{{cite web |url=http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenyan-envoy-quits-to-vie-for-Muranga-Senate-seat/-/1064/1469174/-/8qhi20/-/index.html |title=Kenyan envoy quits to vie for Muranga Senate seat |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |publisher= Daily Nation |accessdate=28 March 2013}}
After winning a seat in the Senate, Gitura was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Senate on 28 March 2013. He received 39 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-114434/tnas-gitura-wins-deputy-senate-speaker-seat |title=TNA's Gitura wins Deputy Senate Speaker seat |date=28 March 2013 |publisher=the-star.co.ke |accessdate=28 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331030822/http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-114434/tnas-gitura-wins-deputy-senate-speaker-seat |archivedate=31 March 2013 }}
Gitura later lost his seat to Irungu Kang'ata in the 2017 Kenya general election{{cite web| url = https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/08/10/kembi-gitura-concedes-in-muranga-senator-race-asks-poll-losers-to_c1614380| title = The Star}}
Consequently, Kembi Gitura was appointed the Chairperson of KEMSA where he led until 2021 when he was fired for an alleged scandal in procuring COVID-19 supplies. Gitura understands the political life of Kenya. He is currently chairperson of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).
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Category:Members of the National Assembly (Kenya)
Category:University of Nairobi alumni
Category:People from Murang'a County
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