10 Remarkable Facts about Uhuru’s Youngest Principal Secretary

At 33 years, nominated principal secretary Wilson Nyakera Irungu is the youngest government official to hold such a senior most seat a competitive environment, the following are interesting facts about the young PS in the Ministry of Transport. The fresh and calm chap might not have been a common household name for most media houses but he holds a very noteworthy background of success and inspiration.

1. The nominated PS was recently listed among the top 40 men under 40 during a gala nights awards held Windsor Golf and Country Club.
2. He has a remarkable excellency as an MD of Equity Investment Bank, a position he still holds since 2014.
3. He could be named the possible successor of Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi
4. He was a general manager and a managing director at NIC Capital stand at the age of 27
5. He is an old boy of Starehe School, he did his KCSE in 2000
6. He studied at Stanford University, California in US where he graduated with a diploma in Management in Information System and a bachelor’s degree in Management Science Engineering.
7. He help Housing Finance, the second largest corporate in Kenyan market, raise 10 billion
8. He was position 32 in his KCSE countrywide in the year 2000.
9. He was born to a peasant farmer from Murang’a county, in a family of three where he is the eldest
10. He was a financial analyst at Citigroup Global Markets

By Simon Ingari