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Uhuru Cabinet

Kibaki Cabinet

  • Musa Sirma – A come-lately Raila ally
    Just 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 dedicated
    Andrew 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 end
    Zachary 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 […]
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