Uhuru Cabinet
James Wainaina Macharia: A corporate world trailblazer turned valued technocratAugust 3, 2022Were it not for the 2010 Constitution, the public may not have benefitted directly from the endowments and exposure of James Wainaina Macharia, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Transport and Infrastructure. Indeed, the Constitution reconstructed […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Musa Sirma – A come-lately Raila allyApril 25, 2022Just like Kipkalya Kones, Musa Cherutich Sirma was another old wine in new wineskin, a carryover from a bygone era whose inclusion in the Kibaki Cabinet was courtesy of his closeness to Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the President’s partner in the Grand Coalition Government formed after the disputed […]
Moi Cabinet
Andrew Kiptoon – Outspoken, honest and dedicatedMay 5, 2022Andrew Chepkoiywo Kiptoon, who served as a Roads and Public Works minister for two-and-a-half years from 1998 to 2000, had an uneasy relationship with President Daniel arap Moi. The Baringo North Member of Parliament (1997 to 2002) was known for freely speaking his mind, a trait that did not sit […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
Zachary Onyonka – An intellectual to the endMay 1, 2022Zachary Theodore Onyonka was born on June 28, 1939, in Meru, where his father, Godrico Oeri Mairura, was a policeman. Zachary was the second child of Oeri and Kerobina Kebati. The family left for Kisii after his father resigned from the police force […]