Ekwee David Ethuro

Biography

Ekwee David Ethuro (born 31 December 1963) is a Kenyan politician. Currently he is the Chairperson of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). He was elected as the first Speaker of the modern Kenyan Senate on 28 March 2013. From 1998 to 2013 he served as a Member of Parliament representing Turkana Central. He also served as the Assistant Minister for Planning and National Development from 1998 to 2002 under the government of President Daniel arap Moi. He was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Turkana Central in the 2007 general elections and steered the proceedings of the 10th Parliament in the position of acting Speaker of the House whenever the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker were absent.

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Professional Experience

Speaker at the Senate of Parliament (Started: 28th March 2013); Coalition Member at Jubilee Alliance (Started: 13th February 2013); Member at United Republican Party; Deputy Country Representative at Oxfam; 'position': 'Deputy Country Representative', 'started': 'Started 1994 of Oxfam (Kenya)', 'organisation': 'Oxfam (Kenya)', 'started': '1992 to 1993 of Lives to ck Socio-Economist', 'organisation': 'Lives to ck Socio-Economist', 'started': '1989 to 1993 of KARI', 'organisation': 'KARI', 'started': '1984 to 1985 of World Vision International', 'organisation': 'World Vision International'