Uhuru Cabinet
Dr Hassan Wario: From anthropologist to administratorAugust 4, 2022Before coming to the national limelight, Hassan Gurach Wario Arero cut his teeth in academic research, accumulating experience from Kenya and England, where he had also earned one of his academic accomplishments as a Chevening Scholar at the […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Esther Murugi – The pocket rocketApril 19, 2022Esther Murugi Mathenge is like an African red bullet chilly, small physically but packs the hardest of punches. And those who have gone head-to-head with her in the political arena have realised — but mostly too late — that often, a swing from her results in the end of the bout. In her years […]
Moi Cabinet
Joshua Mulanda Angatia – The High School Head who called out corruption in the CabinetMay 12, 2022Joshua Mulanda Angatia is famous for having confessed his helplessness as Kenya’s Minister for Health by describing the ministry’s Afya House headquarters as “Mafia House.” Shortly after the 1992 multiparty elections when he was appointed to the ministry, a frustrated Angatia told […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
Argwings Kodhek – Mau Mau lawyerApril 29, 2022In 1963, Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta appointed C.M.G. Argwings-Kodhek an Assistant Minister for Defence. In 1966, he was promoted to head the Ministry of Natural Resources and eventually in 1967 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was a true hero […]