Francis Muthaura
Kenyan civil servant (born 1946)
Francis Kirimi Muthaura (born 20 October 1946 in Meru, Kenya) is a Kenyan former civil servant and distinguished diplomat. He is a former Permanent Secretary and former Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet who served during 3rd President Mwai Kibaki's Government from 2003 to 2012.
Education
He attended Nkubu Secondary School from 1966. In 1968, he joined Nyeri High School. He attended the University of Nairobi from 1969 to 1972 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics and Political Science. He also has a Diploma in International Relations, also from the University of Nairobi.
Civil and Public Service career
Muthaura has had a long, distinguished career in the Civil and Public Service to the Nation. In his five decades of public service, he served under the five post-colonial regimes of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto. After leaving the University of Nairobi in 1972, he was appointed the District Commissioner of Mombasa District, a position he held until 1973.
He was then appointed an Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he rose through the ranks to be appointed as an Ambassador by Kenya's 2nd President Daniel arap Moi.
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