Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Sicily Kariuki: The finicky honcho
    In the years just preceding the advent of the Uhuru Kenyatta administration, something refreshing was brewing at the Tea Board of Kenya. And its Managing Director, Sicily Kariuki, had everything to do with it. The beverage has become part of the […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • Orwa Ojode – Ardent defender of sirkal
    In Kenya, Cabinet positions cannot be said to carry equal weight – or that they are one and the same. Each portfolio has its own influence and clout, and this perhaps explains why appointments to certain Cabinet positions have been a scramble. Of note are ministries of finance, internal security, […]

Moi Cabinet

  • Professor Fredrick Dickson Anangwe – Scholar turned politician
    Frederick Dickson Amukowa Anangwe joined politics at the height of the campaign for multipartism in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Although he did not succeed in his bid to win a seat in Parliament in 1992, his fortunes changed in 1997 when he successfully contested the Butere seat and was […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

  • Jeremiah Nyagah – Teacher who left a political dynasty
    Jeremiah Joseph Mwaniki Nyagah is best remembered as a politician who opted to retire from politics to a village life, having served with distinction in the ministries of Agriculture and Education. Born at Igari, Embu, on November 24, 1920, Nyagah […]
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