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

  • Christopher Obure – Commissar who ran cowboy contractors out of town
    This was not Obure’s first stint in government, having been a powerful Minister under former President Daniel arap Moi, who picked him at the tail end of his regime to replace Chris Okemo as Minister for Finance following an outcry from international donors. At the time, the BBC reported that the […]

Moi Cabinet

  • Jeremiah Joseph Mwaniki Nyagah – Teacher who left a political dynasty
    Jeremiah Joseph Mwaniki Nyagah is best remembered as a politician who opted to retire from politics to a village life, having served with distinction in the ministries of Agriculture and Education. Born at Igari, Embu, on November 24, 1920, Nyagah started primary education in 1925 at the Anglican […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

  • Roy Bruce McKenzie, Man who shaped Kenya’s agriculture
    Roy Bruce McKenzie earned the distinction of being the only minister in the colonial government who retained his position upon Independence and held the portfolio until 1969, when he resigned on health grounds. He was the Minister for Agriculture. […]
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