Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Najib Balala: Politician with nine lives
    It is not usual for a Head of State to isolate a particular member of the Cabinet for praise or censure. But twice in 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta publicly congratulated Najib Balala, his Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, and the ministry for […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • Hellen Sambili – The quiet pioneer
    She joined 15 other women elected to Parliament in the December 2007 elections, after she swept aside five male candidates and made it on a ticket of an almost inconsequential political party, the United Democratic Movement (UDM). Instructively, since its establishment before the 1997 General […]

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

  • Jomo Kenyatta in Lodwar and Maralal
    Kenyatta’s prison term at Lokitaung ended on April 14, 1959, and the restriction order passed by Thacker and confirmed by Baring in September 1954 was immediately applied. He was moved to Lodwar, in Turkana, the administrative centre for the […]
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