Robinson Njeru Githae | |
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Kenyan Ambassador to the United States | |
Assumed office 18 November 2014 |
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Appointed by | Uhuru Kenyatta |
Minister for Finance | |
In office 2011–2013 |
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President | Mwai Kibaki |
Preceded by | Uhuru Kenyatta |
Succeeded by | Henry Rotich |
Member of Parliament for Ndia Constituency |
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In office 2003–2013 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1957 (age 59–60) British Kenya |
Nationality | Kenyan |
Political party | Party of National Unity |
Spouse(s) | Alice |
Relations | Micere Githae Mugo (sister) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater |
University of Nairobi (LL.B) Kenya School of Law |
Robinson Njeru Githae is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Ndia Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2002. He has served as assistant minister in the ministries of justice, transport and local government before being appointed a minister in the ministries of Nairobi Metropolitan then Kenya's finance minister. He was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya- US ambassador on 14/08/2014
He has two well-known sisters: former Chief Nursing Officer Eunice Muringo Kiereini and the writer Micere Githae Mugo. Their father was Solomon Githendui Githae (1904-2007).