Nathif Jama Adam

Nathif Jama Adam, EGH, (Somali: Nadiif Jaamac Aadan, Arabic: نظيف جامع آدم) is a Kenyan banker, writer and politician.

[5] Besides executive duties, Adam is an author, frequently writing on Islamic banking and financial issues.

[7] Additionally, Adam has served as a keynote speaker at various finance and Islamic banking conferences and seminars around the world.

In April 2014, acting on a petition by two plaintiffs citing voting irregularities, the Court of Appeal issued a directive nullifying the result.

The Supreme Court overturned the decision the following month, directed the court registrar to prevent the county's assembly speaker from occupying Adam's seat, and barred the IEBC from declaring the governorship vacant until Adam's appeal was heard and ruled within a two-month period.

[10] After failing to win the Garissa gubernatorial seat at the 2017 elections, Adam once again ran for governor in 2022 on an Orange Democratic Movement ticket.

[14] At the Jamhuri Day of 2022, Adam was awarded by President William Ruto the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart (E.G.H.)