Uhuru Cabinet
Willy Bett: The ultimate sector insiderAugust 14, 2022Willy Kipkorir Bett’s academic qualifications, professional preparation, and work experience made him one of the best picks to oversee agriculture, the backbone of Kenya’s economy. Agriculture was a key pillar of the Jubilee administration’s Third […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Ochilo Ayacko – Loyal lieutenantApril 25, 2022When it comes to loyalty, few men exemplify it as much as Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko, whose decision to stick with his political mentor, Raila Odinga, saw him demoted from a powerful ministry to a less influential one, and then fired from President Mwai Kibaki’s Cabinet one short year later. The […]
Moi Cabinet
Elijah Wasike Mwangale – The minister who escorted a fleeing Obote to State HouseMay 5, 2022‘Chairman,’ the name by which Elijah Wasike Mwangale came to be known, was coined by President Daniel arap Moi when he was still Vice President and Leader of Government Business in Parliament. Mwangale gave Moi a difficult time on the floor of the House as a government critic during President Jomo […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
Taaitta Toweett – The odd man of Kenya’s politicsMay 1, 2022Dr Taaitta Kipyegon arap Toweett was born in 1925. He started school at Litein Primary and later joined Kabianga Mission School. In the 1948 Kenya African Preliminary Examination, he emerged the top pupil in the country. He joined Alliance High […]