Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Raphael Tuju: The suave politician with full portfolio
    On 12 February 2020, President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet Secretary without portfolio, Raphael Tuju, almost died – again. He was strapped in and fast asleep in the front passenger seat of his official vehicle on this cold, wet early morning as his […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • Francis Thuita Kimemia – The transition headman
    That 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

  • Stanley Kenneth Njindo Matiba – The minister who resigned
    Stanley Kenneth Njindo Matiba became the first Minister ever to resign from President Daniel arap Moi’s Cabinet in 1989 after the mlolongo elections of 1988. He had been in Parliament since 1983. He became the Member of Parliament for Mbiri (later Kiharu) Constituency in Murang’a District in 1983 […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

  • Roy Bruce McKenzie, Man who shaped Kenya’s agriculture
    Roy Bruce McKenzie earned the distinction of being the only minister in the colonial government who retained his position upon Independence and held the portfolio until 1969, when he resigned on health grounds. He was the Minister for Agriculture. […]
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