Peter Kenneth (born 27 November 1965) is a Kenyan politician and businessman who vied for the Presidency in the March 2013 elections on a Kenya National Congress ticket. He finished in fourth place.
Kenneth who is married to Anne Kenneth is a father of two; Andrew and Andrea, has previously served as Assistant Minister in the Ministries of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 (2008-2013), Finance (2005-2007) and Co-operative Development and Marketing (2003-2005).
He has also served two consecutive 5 year terms as a Member of Parliament for Gatanga Constituency (2002-2013).
The 55-year-old politician who hails from Murang’a county holds a Masters in Law (LLM) and a Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) from the University of Nairobi.
He attended Bahati Uhuru Primary School (CPE) and later joined Starehe Boys’ Centre and School for his ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels.
Before joining politics, Kenneth had gathered extensive corporate experience in the Financial Services Sector. He worked at Nationwide Finance Company (1985-1986) and Prudential Finance and Bank (1986-1997) before joining the Kenya Reinsurance company as Managing Director (1997-2002).
Kenneth also served as Director at Africa Reinsurance Corporation (1998-2001), Industrial Development Bank (1998-2002) and Chairman of Zep Reinsurance Company (1998-2009).
Party Positions
- Started January 2013 : Member of Kenya National Congress
- Started 2012 : Coalition Member of The Eagle Coalition
- Started January 2013 : party leader of Kenya National Congress
- 2011- 4th March 2013 : Aspirant President of Kenya
- 2008 – 4th March 2013 : Member of Parliament for Gatanga
- 2007 – 14th January 2013 : Member of Party of National Unity
- 2008 – 2012 : Assistant Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030
- 2005 – 2007 : Assistant Minister of Cooperative Development
- 2003 – 2007 : Member of Parliament for Gatanga
- 2002 – 2007 : Member of National Rainbow Coalition
- 2003 – 2005 : Assistant Minister of Finance – Monetary, Fiscal & Investment Affairsof Cabinet
In the 2022 elections, he backed Raila Odinga’s presidential bid. He was among those who were interviewed for the running mate position.
Others were; Kalonzo Musyoka, Hassan Joho, Wycliffe Oparanya, Sabina Chege, Martha Karua among others.
Karua of Narc Kenya emerged victorious. The Raila-Martha ticket, however, lost to William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua.
Since then, the opposition has been holding anti-government rallies but he (Kenneth) has been a no-show.
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