Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Simon Chelugui: The hesitant Baron
    At 46, Simon Kiprono Chelugui was one of the youngest Cabinet secretaries to join President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet in January 2018. The soft-spoken entrepreneur from Baringo County was picked to head the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • Wycliffe Oparanya – Vision 2030 champion
    With his unmistakable picture of calm and serenity even in stormy political meetings, Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya became President Mwai Kibaki’s alter ego in the tumultuous Government of National Unity formed after the disputed 2007 elections. In the days of performance contracting in government […]

Moi Cabinet

  • Eliud Timothy Mwamunga – Giving trade and commerce an African face
    During the course of his illustrious political career spanning two decades, Eliud Timothy Mwamunga is credited with establishing a sterling track record in the eyes of his constituents as their Member of Parliament, and being instrumental in helping shape the social, political and economic future […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

  • Robert Matano – Mentor of many Coast politicians
    The terse one o’clock announcement by the Presidential Press Unit of the sacking of Robert Stanley Matano as Minister for Information and Broadcasting in 1985 hit the Kanu secretary-general like a thunderbolt. Matano, who was en route from his […]
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