Uhuru Cabinet
Dr Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu: Swallowing bitter pillsAugust 14, 2022Dr Cleopa Mailu seemed ideal for the job of Health Cabinet Secretary – he had the right academic credentials and training as a medical doctor. Apart from a history of several high-level jobs, both at home and internationally, he had worked for […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Ababu Namwamba – Critic turned defenderMarch 7, 2022On January 15, 2008, at the height of the post-election violence that erupted after the disputed 2007 election, the then 33-year-old MP stirred up drama in Parliament when he swore by “President Raila Amolo Odinga”, contrary to the prescribed oath-taking manner where officials swore by the elected […]
Moi Cabinet
Julius Lekakeny Sunkuli – From the Judiciary to the August HouseMay 12, 2022Early in his life, Julius Lekakeny Sunkuli, who would become Minister for Internal Security in the final four years of Daniel arap Moi’s presidency, wanted to be a Catholic priest. His parents, Francis and Helen Sunkuli, raised him and his siblings in conformity with the teachings of the Church, […]
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 […]