List of finance ministers of Kenya

The minister of finance of Kenya is a cabinet position held by the minister responsible for the Ministry of Finance.

List

The following are the finance ministers of Kenya since independence.^[1]

#	Minister	Took office	Left office	Notes
1	James Gichuru	1963	1969^[2]
2	Mwai Kibaki	1969	1982^[3]	Kenya's longest serving minister. Became third president after being elected overwhelmingly in December 2002.
3	Arthur Magugu	1982	1986^[4]
4	George Saitoti	1986	1992	Goldenberg scandal occurred^[3]
5	Musalia Mudavadi	1993	1997	Land economist and son of long serving minister Moses Substone Mudavadi mopped up the excess liquidity related to the 1992 multiparty elections
6	Simeon Nyachae	1998	1999
7	Francis Masakhalia	February 1999	August 1999
8	Chris Okemo	September 1999	November 2001	Now facing an extradition case related to money laundering at Kenya Power in his earlier career as Energy minister
9	Christopher Obure	November 2001	December 2002
10	Daudi Mwiraria	January 2003	February 2006	Resigned following the Anglo-Leasing scandal^[3]
11	Amos Kimunya	February 2006	2008	Resigned following the Grand Regency Scandal^[3]
–	John Michuki (in a temporary capacity)	2008	2009
12	Uhuru Kenyatta	2009	2011	Resigned after being charged in the International Criminal Court.^[5] Was elected fourth president of Kenya in 2013
13	Robinson Njeru Githae	2011	2013

#	Minister	Took office	Left office
1	Henry Rotich	15 May 2013	Removed in office, face charges of corruption; 22 July 2019
2	Ukur Yatani Kanacho	14 January 2020	2022
3	Njuguna Ndung'u	October 2022	June 2024
4	John Mbadi	July 2024	Present