Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Adan Mohamed: The resolute achiever
    If ‘stick-with-it-ness’ were a word, it would perfectly describe the career of Adan Mohamed. He is one of the few Cabinet secretaries who served in the same ministry for the entirety of each of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government terms: first in […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • John Michuki – The man in a hurry
    He was one man in a hurry to help the newly-elected President reverse the economic decline and indiscipline that had taken over the transport industry. At the time, most public taxis (known as matatus) in Kenya operated under the Matatu Owners Association, which had replaced the Matatu Vehicle […]

Moi Cabinet

  • Phillip Masinde – A patient negotiator who weathered three major crises
    Friends and Cabinet colleagues of Philip Masinde had a nickname for him — “Permanent Minister” for Labour in President Daniel arap Moi’s regime. Moi reshuffled his cabinets several times and for anyone to serve in the same ministry for the full five-year parliamentary term was remarkable. […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

  • Isaac Omolo Okero – Defied Odinga wave for 10 years
    Isaac Edwin Omolo Okero had a relatively successful political career between 1969 and 1979 as a Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament for Gem constituency in Siaya District. He served in various ministries in the Kenyatta administration between […]
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