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Joseph Mucheru

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Joseph Wakaba Mucheru
Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Information and Communications (Kenya)[1]
In office
2015–2022
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Succeeded byEliud Owalo
Personal details
BornAugust 28, 1968
Limuru
CitizenshipKenyan
NationalityKenyan
EducationStanford University Graduate School of Business
Alma materCity University London. (Bsc.Economics & Computer Science) Lenana School
AwardsElder of the Order of the Golden Heart (EGH), The Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (M.B.S)
Websitehttps://ict.go.ke

Joseph Wakaba Mucheru EGH was the former Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications.[2][3][4] He was appointed by the then President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta. Joe held that office since from 2015 to 2022.

Early life and education

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Mucheru attended the Nairobi Primary School between 1977 and 1982,[5] his high school education was at Lenana School between 1983 (form 1) and 1988 (form 6).[6] He attended the Business Executive Programme from Stanford University Graduate School of Business[7] in 2008. He holds a (B Sc. (Hons)) in Economics & Computer Science from City University London.[8] He was awarded the Moran of the order of the burning spear in December 2010 by the President of the Republic of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki. He is a member of the Africa Leadership Network, The National Prayer Breakfast, and the East African Business Summit.[9]

Career

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He is a former Google Sub-Sahara Africa Lead based in the Google Nairobi office. He was Google's first Sub-Saharan employee and was key to setting up Google's presence in Africa from 2007.[10][11][9] Before joining Google he worked at Wananchi Online, a company he co-founded in 1999, in various roles at the company including Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Officer.[9]

Joseph Mucheru has been on the boards of many companies and businesses, including the M-Pesa Foundation Academy[12] advisory board, the payments platform BitPesa (now AZA Finance),[13] and GiveDirectly,[14] which aims to cut out the intermediary and ensure that donations go straight to the intended recipients.

Personal life

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Mucheru married Aida Wambui in 2005 under Kikuyu traditional laws.[citation needed] The marriage lasted for ten years, Wambui filed for divorce on June 29, 2015, claiming her marriage to Mucheru had irretrievably broken down and that their union was a “sham without feelings.”[15]

References

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  1. ^ "The Government Ministries | KENYA Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Japan". www.kenyarep-jp.com. 25 April 2022.
  2. ^ "The Government Ministries | KENYA Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Japan". www.kenyarep-jp.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ App, Daily Nation (2 July 2020). "Intrigues behind Uhuru's Cabinet changes revealed". mobile.nation.co.ke.
  4. ^ "ICT players praise exit of Matiang'i". Daily Nation.
  5. ^ "How educated is Joseph Mucheru? Here's his education profile". newstrends. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Lenana School". mylaibon.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  7. ^ "Alumni". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  8. ^ "The techie with deep roots in world of faith". Business Daily. 25 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Google Team – g-Kenya 2.0". sites.google.com.
  10. ^ "Google Hires First African Employee – WhiteAfrican".
  11. ^ "Google unveils Kiswahili version of Gmail, Chrome". Business Daily. 20 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Home". Mpesa Foundation Academy. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  13. ^ February 28, 2018, Wednesday (2020-12-11). "Mucheru finally sells stake in Bitcoin dealing firm Bitpesa". Business Daily. Retrieved 2022-07-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "GiveDirectly: Send money directly to people in poverty". GiveDirectly. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  15. ^ "CS Joe Mucheru denied me sex and was cruel - Wife protests despite Sh300,000 monthly upkeep". standardmedia. Retrieved 20 November 2022.