Minister of Justice (Kenya)
Introduction
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Following the country's independence from the United Kingdom, the Minister of Justice of Kenya is a cabinet position created in 1963 and is responsible for the administering of justice, national cohesion and constitutional affairs. The ministerial post is now defunct, and has merged with the Department of Justice.
List of ministers
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
- Tom Mboya[1][2][3](1963-1965)
- Charles Njonjo[4] (1978–1983)
- Kiraitu Murungi[5][6] (2003-2005)*
Minister of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs
- Martha Karua[7] (2006-2009) [1st female]
- Mutula Kilonzo[8] (2009-2011)
- Eugene Wamalwa[9] (2011-2013)
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See also
- Justice ministry
- Kenya
- List of heads of state of Kenya
- Heads of Government of Kenya
- Vice-Presidents of Kenya
- List of colonial governors of Kenya
- Lists of office-holders
References
- Kenya Gazette. 28 December 1965. p. 1516. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- Maxon, Robert M.; Ofcansky, Thomas P. (2014-09-09). Historical Dictionary of Kenya. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810874695.
- Kenya Gazette. 11 June 1963. p. 643. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- Cohen, David William; Odhiambo, E. S. Atieno (2004). The Risks of Knowledge: Investigations Into the Death of the Hon. Minister John Robert Ouko in Kenya, 1990. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821415979.
- Bachelard, Jerome (2013-07-24). Governance Reform in Africa: International and Domestic Pressures and Counter-Pressures. Routledge. ISBN 9781134698622.
- Kenya State of Corruption Report. Claripress Limited. 2002. ISBN 9789966915368.
- "Why Martha Karua walked away". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- -. "Mutula Kilonzo's profile". The Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-26.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Wamalwa: I will be faithful to the law". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Apr 1984". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1985:July-Dec." HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Sep 2002-Jan 2003". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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