Uhuru Cabinet
Amb. Amina Mohammed: Long-serving lawyer turned diplomatAugust 14, 2022Amina Chawahir Mohamed Jibril is the epitome of the ideal Kenyan bureaucrat. Hers is the quintessential story of an African woman who rose from a humble background to become one of Kenya’s leading diplomats and a public servant in three different […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Moody Awori – The easy uncleApril 25, 2022Before his appointment to President Mwai Kibaki’s Cabinet, Moody Awori was unflatteringly referred to as the permanent Assistant Minister in political circles. This was well founded in fact because in previous administrations, he had served in that position in various dockets, among them the Office […]
Moi Cabinet
Zachary Theodore Onyonka – The brilliant economist who defended Kenya’s interests abroadMay 16, 2022Zachary Theodore Onyonka was born on 28 June 1939 in Meru District where his father, Godrico Oeri Mairura, was a policeman. Onyonka was the second child of Oeri and Kerobina Kebati. The family moved to Kisii District after his father resigned from the police force to join the Provincial […]
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 […]