Shy and timid. These two words loudly greeted and nearly scuttled Phyllis Kandie’s entry into the Cabinet. And a member of Parliament even invented a moniker — “shyometer”— on the floor of the august House as members heatedly debated her suitability […]

Before his appointment to President Mwai Kibaki’s Cabinet, Moody Awori was unflatteringly referred to as the permanent Assistant Minister in political circles. This was well founded in fact because in previous administrations, he had served in that position in various dockets, among them the Office […]

When Arthur Kinyanjui Magugu entered politics at the age of 35, he surprised many by ousting former Githunguri MP and vocal freedom fighter Waira wa Kamau. This was in 1969. The son of a Senior Chief and a graduate of La Verne and Stockholm universities, Magugu was appointed as an Assistant […]

Suave, witty and distinguished even into his sunset years, over the course of his colourful life Frederick Lawrence Munyua Waiyaki cultivated an enduring international reputation as a man who could hold his own in the highest echelons of power; one […]