Peter Kenneth, is on the list of three people that Azimio-Oka presidential candidate Raila Odinga will choose his running mate from.
The Azimio running mate selection panel listed Martha Karua, Peter Kenneth and Kalonzo Musyoka, in that order as preferred running mates.
There is a high chance that Peter Kenneth, might just be the lucky one on the list and in case Azimio wins the August 9 general elections he will become the deputy president.
Peter Kenneth served as the MP for Gatanga from 2002-2013 on a Narc ticket and during the period, his constituency was ranked the best managed. He also served as the minister for finance in President Kibaki’s administration from 2003-2005 and Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 from 2008-2012.
The 56-year old then tried his luck on the presidency in 2013 under a Kenya National Congress party ticket, where he emerged fourth overall with 72, 786 votes.
Before politics, Kenneth had a successful career in the financial sector having worked for Nationwide Finance company and Prudential Finance and bank(that was in between 1985-1997).
He later joined Kenya Reinsurance Company as a director from 1997-2002 and several other companies. He also served as Federation Football Kenya’s Chairman between 1996-2000.
Kenneth began his education at Bahati Uhuru Primary School (CPE). He then joined Starehe Boys for his ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels before proceeding to the University of Nairobi for a Bachelor’s degree and Masters in Law.Â
He attended the Executive programme International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland and further undertook several other courses in banking and insurance.
Kenneth is married to Anne Kenneth and has two children identified as Andrea Kenneth(daughter) and Andrew Keneth(son).
During his school days, he was successful in football and even played for a football club that was known as Reunion. The former lawmaker only retired from the game after suffering an arm fracture.
Finally, the politician was only raised by his mother and they used to live in a single room house.
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