Uhuru Cabinet
Felix Koskei: The ephemeral monitorAugust 4, 2022Felix Kiptarus Kosgei served in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet between April 2013 and March 2015 as the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. As he formed his first Cabinet in 2013, the President was faced with the […]
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
Robert Stanley Matano – The man Moi used to re-engineer KANUMay 16, 2022Robert Stanley Matano was the veteran coast politician whom President Daniel arap Moi used to re-engineer the moribund ruling party, KANU, into a well-oiled political machine. Matano had presided over what had been described as a “dead” party as Acting Secretary General for 13 years from 1966 to […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
Stanley Shapashina ole Oloitipitip – Crusader for Maasai land rightsMay 1, 2022From 1963 to 1983, Stanley Shapashina ole Oloitipitip bestrode the Maasai politics like a colossus and when he fell from the national limelight and into oblivion, his political career collapsed like a house of cards – ending with a 12-month jail […]