Kenya's Central Bank governor is 54, single, and never been married before.

The lawmakers asked him about economic policy, why he doesn't have assets in the country and why he isn't married.

"I am single by choice and I am comfortable that way," he told the lawmakers. "There is nothing sinister with that and I am sure this committee has done its due diligence on what sort of a person I am". Kenya's Daily Nation quoted him as saying

Why so much interest in his marital status? In Kenya and in most parts of Africa, it's unusual to find a man over 40 who has never been married, so his status will definitely raise eyebrow in the country because the average age of first marriage in Kenya for men is about 30 years old.

Many condemned the line of questioning on twitter though, saying that Njoroge's competence, rather than his personal life, that he should be tested by.