Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Eugene Wamalwa: The wily heir of a political lineage
    When he first contested an elective seat back in 2002, Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa was still in mourning his more politically accomplished elder brother, then Vice-President Michael Kijana Wamalwa, who deployed his oratory skills and Oxbridge accent to […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • Joseph Nyagah – The cooperatives maestro
    “Change is the law of life,” a wise man once said, and while ‘constant change’ may be an oxymoron, it is also a stark reality as Joseph Nthiga Nyagah can confirm. For starters, Gachoka Constituency, which he once represented as MP when it was in Mbeere District, is now Mbeere South Constituency. […]

Moi Cabinet

  • Andrew Omanga – Champion of grassroot development
    Andrew John Omanga first became Member of Parliament (MP) for the larger Nyaribari Constituency after defeating Lawrence Sagini in 1979. He was among several new faces in President Moi’s first Cabinet, a position he landed with the support of Simeon Nyachae, the influential Chief Secretary, the […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

  • Ronald Ngala – Grand master of Coast politics
    Born in 1922 in Kilifi, Ronald Gideon Ngala went to St John’s School, Kaloleni, Shimo la Tewa and later Alliance High School. He then joined Makerere College for a diploma in education. He taught at St John’s and Taveta’s Mbale Secondary schools […]
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