UK MP with Kenyan Roots Rishi Sunak Set to Become Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak, a politician with Kenyan roots, is in line to succeed Liz Truss as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK).

On Monday, Chairman of the 1922 Committee Graham Brady announced Sunak as the winner of the Tory Leadership race.

He succeeds Liz Truss as prime minister and will occupy House 10 Downing Street in London as the next leader of the Conservative party.

“As the returning officer in the leadership election, I can confirm that we have received one valid candidate and Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as leader of the conservative party,” Brady announced.

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Sunak was declared the winner after Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race.

“As a result, we have now chosen our next Prime Minister. The decision is a historic one and shows once again the diversity and talent of our party. Rishi has my full support,” said Mordaunt.

“We all owe it to the country, to each other and rise to unite and work together for the good of the nation.”

The parents of Sunak, a general practitioner and a pharmacist, were both born in Tanzania and Kenya, respectively.

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The future prime minister schooled in the UK when his parents immigrated there. He attended Winchester College, which was exclusively for boys, and later Lincoln College in Oxford.

After graduating with a First Class honors in philosophy, politics, and economics, the 41-year-old joined Stanford University and earned an MBA.

His first electoral success came in 2015 when he won the Conservative Party’s nomination for the Yorkshire parliamentary seat.

The 2017 General Election saw Sunak re-elected as a Member of Parliament. He supported Boris Johnson in his bid to lead the Conservative Party and become Prime Minister in 2019.

He also held the positions of Finance Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer for Britain.