Uhuru Cabinet
Simon Chelugui: The hesitant BaronAugust 14, 2022At 46, Simon Kiprono Chelugui was one of the youngest Cabinet secretaries to join President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet in January 2018. The soft-spoken entrepreneur from Baringo County was picked to head the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Francis Muthaura – The quiet heavy lifterApril 25, 2022Muthaura was Kibaki’s replacement for Sally Kosgei, the last Head of Civil Service in the Kenya African National Union (KANU) government. To date, Kosgei is the only woman to serve in that position in independent Kenya. The office is a powerful and pivotal one, and that Muthaura’s appointment came […]
Moi Cabinet
John Kipsang Koech – A Minister who dared to resignMay 12, 2022One fine day after a graduation ceremony at Egerton University in Njoro, John Koech, a Cabinet minister, made his way to President Daniel arap Moi’s home for the customary luncheon that followed such events, only to be denied entry. Livid at the humiliation, he headed straight to the Nation Media […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi , The art collectorMarch 7, 2022Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi was appointed second Vice-President in May, 1966, following the fallout between President Kenyatta and Vice-President Odinga. Earlier, Murumbi had been independent Kenya’s first Foreign Affairs Minister. Murumbi was born in […]