ICC charges hound Uhuru out of Treasury

Mr Githae wades headlong into the Budget-making process which kicked off last November, with the task of preparing financing for the first devolution elections and setting up of county structures.

Born in 1957 and elected to Parliament in 2003, Mr Githae previously worked as an assistant minister for Local Government.

He holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Nairobi and a diploma from the Kenya School of Law.

Previously, he worked as the general manager of Mae Properties, a subsidiary of listed underwriter Pan Africa.

Political observers read his appointment more as a pointed dig at Mr Kenyatta’s presidential contest rival, Martha Karua, the former Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister who has thrown her hat in the presidential elections ring.

While the President talked of Mr Kenyatta having stepped aside, it is unlikely that the Deputy Prime Minister will return to his position any time soon.

Save for an appeal at the ICC succeeding, going to full trial would mean years of litigation at The Hague, which could as well include the next five-year electoral cycle.

Mr Kenyatta succeeded Mr Kimunya in January 2009, with minister John Michuki having acted in the position since the July 2008 resignation of Mr Kimunya.

Mr Kenyatta will be remembered for the most ambitious Budget in Kenya’s history.

Last year, he unveiled a Sh1.115 trillion Budget which he recently had to scale down. The logic of his budgets and those of Mr Kimunya has been to get the economy taking off after the post-election violence and economic slowdown in the key European and American markets. The unintended consequence has been massive expansion in money supply and inflation.
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