Uhuru Cabinet
Mutahi Kagwe: PR guru turned Covid-19 slayerAugust 14, 2022On 14 January 2020, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta reshuffled his Cabinet and nominated Mutahi Kagwe to take charge of the Ministry of Health. This was barely one month after the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in China. As the rapid […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Francis Thuita Kimemia – The transition headmanApril 25, 2022That is how Francis Thuita Kimemia reached the pinnacle of Kenya’s civil service, joining the desirable list of the few career civil servants to have ascended to this coveted post. Before him and his predecessor were such notable luminaries as Duncan Ndegwa, G.K. Kariithi, Jeremiah Kiereini, Simeon […]
Moi Cabinet
Philip Leakey – An ‘unexpected’ voice in ParliamentMay 1, 2022Philip Leakey was the first Minister of European descent in President Daniel arap Moi’s Cabinet. This was not his only first. In 1979, he became the first white Member of Parliament to be elected in independent Kenya. He was MP for Langata Constituency from 1979, when the first General Election […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
Juxon Levi Madoka Shako – The force behind ban on ivory tradeApril 29, 2022Jaxon Levi Madoka Shako is one of the few Kenyan leaders who quit diplomacy to plunge into politics, eventually making it to the Cabinet as Minister for Tourism in 1969. He was born in 1918 in Wundanyi, Taita-Teveta District and was educated at […]