Kenya YearBook Editorial Board | Cabinets

Uhuru Cabinet

  • Dr Hassan Wario: From anthropologist to administrator
    Before coming to the national limelight, Hassan Gurach Wario Arero cut his teeth in academic research, accumulating experience from Kenya and England, where he had also earned one of his academic accomplishments as a Chevening Scholar at the […]

Kibaki Cabinet

  • William Ole Ntimama – The old wine in Kibaki’s new wineskin
    Described by critics as a carryover from a bygone era, William Ronkorua ole Ntimama was another unlikely member of the Kibaki Cabinet. A self-educated man who used his power of the tongue and warlike posturing to sustain himself at the top of Maasai land political hierarchy, Ntimama was one of only […]

Moi Cabinet

  • Ngenye Kariuki – The stockbroker who would be king
    Stockbroker Ngenye Kariuki was elected Member of Parliament for Kiharu in 1997 on a Safina party ticket. He was among the Opposition politicians who were vocal critics of President Daniel arap  Moi’s regime, but in the twilight days of the administration he shifted his support to the ‘Uhuru […]

Kenyatta Cabinet

  • William Odongo Omamo – Man with elephantine humour
    Like his nickname, ‘Kaliech’ (Dholuo for like an elephant), Dr William Odongo Omamo’s contribution to Kenya’s political landscape was gigantic. He was one of the most polished and eloquent politicians Kenya has ever had. A man with the gift of the […]
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