{{Short description|Kenyan civil servant}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joseph Wakaba Mucheru | image = BCS 3977.jpg | office = Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Information and Communications (Kenya)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kenyarep-jp.com/kenya/ministries_e.html|title=The Government Ministries | KENYA Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Japan|website=www.kenyarep-jp.com|date=25 April 2022 }}</ref> | term_start = 2015 | term_end = 2022 | president = Uhuru Kenyatta | successor = Eliud Owalo | birth_date = August 28, 1968 | birth_place = Limuru | alma_mater = City University London. {{small|(Bsc.Economics & Computer Science)}} Lenana School | website = https://ict.go.ke | citizenship = Kenyan | education = Stanford University Graduate School of Business | awards = Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart (EGH), The Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (M.B.S) }}
'''Joseph Wakaba Mucheru EGH''' was the former Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Government Ministries {{!}} KENYA Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Japan |url=http://www.kenyarep-jp.com/kenya/ministries_e.html |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=www.kenyarep-jp.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=App |first=Daily Nation |title=Intrigues behind Uhuru's Cabinet changes revealed |url=https://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/The-intrigues-of-Uhuru-changes-to-the-Cabinet/1950946-2976504-format-xhtml-vmlrqe/index.html |website=mobile.nation.co.ke|date=2 July 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ICT players praise exit of Matiang'i |url=https://www.nation.co.ke/business/ICT-players-praise-exit-of-Matiangi/996-2977720-dmeekfz/index.html |website=Daily Nation}}</ref> He was appointed by the then President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta. Joe held that office since from 2015 to 2022.
== Early life and education == Mucheru attended the Nairobi Primary School between 1977 and 1982,<ref>{{Cite web |title=How educated is Joseph Mucheru? Here's his education profile |url=https://newstrends.co.ke/how-educated-is-joseph-mucheru-heres-his-education-profile/ |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=newstrends}}</ref> his high school education was at Lenana School between 1983 (form 1) and 1988 (form 6).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lenana School|url=https://mylaibon.com/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=mylaibon.com}}</ref> He attended the Business Executive Programme from Stanford University Graduate School of Business<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni|url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/alumni|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Stanford Graduate School of Business|language=en}}</ref> in 2008. He holds a (B Sc. (Hons)) in Economics & Computer Science from City University London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/magazines/The-techie-with-deep-roots-in-world-of-faith/1248928-1490368-iosc5y/index.html|title=The techie with deep roots in world of faith|website=Business Daily|date=25 December 2020 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Google Team – g-Kenya 2.0 |url=https://sites.google.com/site/gkenya20/google-team |website=sites.google.com}}</ref>
== Career == 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Hires First African Employee – WhiteAfrican |url=http://whiteafrican.com/2007/06/05/google-hires-first-african-employee/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Google unveils Kiswahili version of Gmail, Chrome |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Google-unveils-Kiswahili-version-of-Gmail-Chrome/539550-949914-regujcz/index.html |website=Business Daily|date=20 December 2020 }}</ref><ref name="auto" /> 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.<ref name="auto" />
Joseph Mucheru has been on the boards of many companies and businesses, including the M-Pesa Foundation Academy<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://mpesafoundationacademy.ac.ke/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Mpesa Foundation Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> advisory board, the payments platform BitPesa (now AZA Finance),<ref>{{Cite web |last=February 28, 2018 |first=Wednesday |date=2020-12-11 |title=Mucheru finally sells stake in Bitcoin dealing firm Bitpesa |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/mucheru-finally-sells-stake-in-bitcoin-dealing-firm-bitpesa-2192036 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Business Daily |language=en}}</ref> and GiveDirectly,<ref>{{Cite web |title=GiveDirectly: Send money directly to people in poverty |url=https://www.givedirectly.org/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=GiveDirectly |language=en-US}}</ref> which aims to cut out the intermediary and ensure that donations go straight to the intended recipients.
== Personal life == Mucheru married Aida Wambui in 2005 under Kikuyu traditional laws.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} 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.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=CS Joe Mucheru denied me sex and was cruel - Wife protests despite Sh300,000 monthly upkeep |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/county-nairobi/article/2001228868/cs-joe-mucheru-denied-me-sex-and-was-cruel-wife-protests-despite-sh300000-monthly-upkeep |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=standardmedia}}</ref>
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