Ekwee David Ethuro

Rt. Hon. David Ekwee Ethuro EGH, is the former and first Speaker of the modern Senate of the Republic of Kenya. He launched his political career as a young man aged 31 at the dawn of ICPD in 1994. In 1997, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Turkana, a county in Kenya that which borders Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia. He has also served as an Assistant Minister for Planning and National Development in the 8th and the 9th Parliaments; and as a Member of the Speaker’s panel of the National Assembly in the 9th and 10th Parliaments.

He also played a pivotal role in the establishment of parliamentary caucuses such as being the founder Secretary General of the Population and Development Network, the Pastoralists Parliamentary Group, the Children's Parliamentary Network, the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association, the Parliamentary Network on Poverty Reduction & MDGs, the Parliamentary Committee to investigate Illegal Organisations and the Eradication of Cattle Rustling.

He actively and successfully mid-wifed the globally acclaimed Constitution of Kenya in 2010, contributed particularly to framing the robust Bill of Rights and Devolution. He has always brought issues from the back burner to mainstream policy formulation agenda and these issues include Poverty Eradication, Population Development, Reproductive Health, Gender, Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, Internally Displaced People, Good Governance, Pastoralism, Emergencies (Droughts, Famines), Food Aid, Youth, and rights of Minorities and Marginalised communities.