Uhuru Cabinet
Phyllis Jepkosgei Kandie: Coy countess who grew into her jobAugust 14, 2022Shy 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 […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Maina Kamanda – Kibaki’s city allyApril 25, 2022In the rough and tumble of Nairobi City politics, Maina Kamanda was to Mwai Kibaki what Fred Fidelis Gumo was to Daniel arap Moi. A streetwise mobiliser, Kamanda stormed the political scene through his election as councilor for Ngara in 1979 aged only 28. He was for many years Kibaki’s commander in […]
Moi Cabinet
Prof. Sam Ongeri -Champion of the Jua Kali sectorMay 16, 2022After clinching the Nyaribari Masaba Constituency seat in the 1988 General Election, Professor Sam Ongeri was immediately appointed as Minister for Technical Training and Applied Technology. This was a newly-created ministry, therefore Ongeri and his team had to define what its mandate was going to […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
James Osogo – Oversaw growth of hospitalsApril 29, 2022What comes to one’s mind whenever one converses with James Charles Nakhwanga Osogo is Shakespeare’s dictum in as you like it: “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man […]