Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Henry K. Rotich: A man of complex numbers
    When Henry Rotich was appointed Finance minister in April 2013, he was only 44 years old. It was a prestigious position for a man with a quiet, almost timid, disposition. And although he had by-passed several of his seniors at Treasury, he was not […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • Yusuf Haji – Master of the balancing
    Mohammed Yusuf Haji sports the classic door-knocker beard. It is a style he adopted after he left the provincial administration in 1997, when he was nominated to Parliament by former President Daniel arap Moi. He has mellowed with age too, in a departure from times past – in June 1988, for […]

Moi Cabinet

  • Mwai Kibaki – The gentleman politician
    When President Jomo Kenyatta died in 1978, Mwai Kibaki was his long-serving Minister for Finance. Once Vice President Daniel arap Moi took over and constituted his Cabinet in October the same year, he retained Kibaki in the Finance docket and elevated him to the vice presidency. At the height of […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

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