Uhuru Cabinet
Amb. Raychelle Omamo: Kenya’s first female Defence CSAugust 3, 2022Raychelle Awuor Omamo could easily escape the attention of anyone studying President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet owing to her successful quest to keep a low and non-scandalous profile in the 10 years she has served. From day one, when she was appointed […]
Kibaki Cabinet
Morris Mwachondo Dzoro – Master of paradigm shifts tourism chiefApril 25, 2022Prior to his appointment as Minister for Tourism and Wildlife in 2005, Morris Mwachondo Dzoro was the Assistant Minister for Public Service. His rise to the helm of the Tourism and Wildlife docket came through rather tragic circumstances as his predecessor, Emmanuel Karisa Maitha, had died suddenly […]
Moi Cabinet
Justus ole Tipis – Champion of Maasai land rightsMay 12, 2022Justus Kantet ole Tipis, once a powerful Minister of State in charge of Internal Security in President Daniel arap Moi’s government, saw no battle he could not fight. Those who crossed the path of this man who enjoyed unbridled power, lived to regret it. He is reputed to have consigned a number of […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
Jomo Kenyatta, Alliance High School and Carey FrancisApril 28, 2022Before it opened in January 1926, Alliance High School was supposed to be a medical college. But how the failure to build the college would later transform both the political landscape and shape a new elite that would rule Kenya for ages is the epic […]