Uhuru Kenyatta

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta CGH (/ʊ.huː.ruː kɛn.jɑː.tɑː/ ^ⓘ born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.^[1][2] The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president,^[3] he had previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.

Kenyatta is married to Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta.^[4]

Daniel Arap Moi had picked Kenyatta as his preferred successor. However, he was defeated by the then opposition leader Mwai Kibaki in the 2002 election, and Kibaki was subsequently sworn in as the President.^[5] Kenyatta served as the member of parliament (MP) for Gatundu South from 2002 to 2013 and also as Deputy Prime Minister to Raila Odinga from 2008 to 2013.^[6] Currently he is a member and the party leader of the Jubilee Party of Kenya, whose popularity has since dwindled. Kenyatta was previously a member of the Kenya Africa National Union (KANU), a political party that had led Kenya to independence in 1963. He resigned from KANU in 2012 and joined The National Alliance (TNA), one of the allied parties that campaigned for his election victory during the 2013 election. He later on went to form a merger with the United Republican Party (URP) led by William Ruto to form the Jubilee Party.

Kenyatta was re-elected for a second and final term in the August 2017 general elections, winning 54% of the popular vote.^[7][8] The win was formally declared on national television by the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Wafula Chebukati.^[9][10] However, Uhuru's election was challenged in the Supreme Court of Kenya by his main competitor, Raila Odinga. On 1 September 2017, the court declared the election invalid and ordered a new presidential election to take place within 60 days from the day of the ruling.^[11] A new presidential election was held on 26 October, which he won, with 39.03% electoral voter participation.