Hon. Senator Ekwee Ethuro holds an Msc in Agriculture and Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Nairobi. He is the former Speaker of the Senate having been elected to this position on 28th March, 2013. He served for three terms as a Member of Parliament for Turkana Central Constituency in 1997, 2002 and 2007. Senator Ethuro was the Chairman of the Constituency Development Fund Committee. He also served as an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Planning and National Development from 2005 to 2007 and an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development from 1998 to 2002. Appointed on 20th September 2018