Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Felix Koskei: The ephemeral monitor
    Felix Kiptarus Kosgei served in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet between April 2013 and March 2015 as the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. As he formed his first Cabinet in 2013, the President was faced with the […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • Soita Shitanda – Public spirited servant
    Peter Soita Shitanda epitomized what it meant to be a Cabinet Minister in President Mwai Kibaki’s government. Like his boss, he was nearly obsessive with his work and knew the ins and outs, the hits and misses and most importantly, the buttons to constantly keep under the pressure of his thumb. […]

Moi Cabinet

  • Dr Sally Jepngetich Kosgei – Moi’s most trusted diplomat and advisor
    At a time when women in senior positions in the civil service were few and far between, Dr Sally Jepng’etich Kosgei not only reached the high glass ceiling but also shattered it to become an internationally respected diplomat, a politician and a Cabinet minister. She was the second woman to become […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

  • Samuel Ayodo – Defied Odinga and stuck with Kenyatta
    Samuel Onyango Ayodo was one of the youngest members of Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta’s first Cabinet. Ayodo was 33 years old when he was appointed to be part of a new crop of leaders to shape the destiny of the young nation at independence in 1963. […]
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