Listen Among the individuals who served in President Mwai Kibaki’s Cabinet, a few stood out from the rest. They had their own way of making their presence felt wherever they went and whatever they did. One such charismatic Minister was the towering Gerald Otieno Kajwang. Kajwang’s trademark hearty laughter and sense of humour made him […]
Listen It clearly emerged in her highly acclaimed eulogy at Moi’s funeral in February 2020, that Sally Kosgei has great insights into not just the workings, the controversies, the power play, and the failings of Kenya’s past presidential regimes but also the geopolitical realities they have had to weather. Besides, she knows a load about […]
Listen Just like Kipkalya Kones, Musa Cherutich Sirma was another old wine in new wineskin, a carryover from a bygone era whose inclusion in the Kibaki Cabinet was courtesy of his closeness to Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the President’s partner in the Grand Coalition Government formed after the disputed 2007 elections. Unlike Mr Kones, however, […]
Listen Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi was part of Kenya’s first power-sharing government, which was unveiled in April 2008 and headed by President Mwai Kibaki. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, making him the most powerful Opposition leader in Parliament and the second-highest ranking official in government after his party leader, […]
Listen Musikari Nazi Kombo was a Form Six student at Nyeri High School in 1966 when his class invited newly-appointed Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mwai Kibaki, to give a lecture at the school. The topic was the much-acclaimed blueprint on Kenya economic growth, the Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965. Delivering the lecture, Kibaki […]
Listen Mutahi Kagwe joined President Mwai Kibaki’s Cabinet as Minister for Information, Communications and Technology in 2005, replacing Raphael Tuju who moved to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His Permanent Secretary was Bitange Ndemo, who replaced James Rege. The 2005 date of Kagwe’s inclusion in the Cabinet is significant. It marked the final split […]
Listen The July 2012 debate on how long (or short) school uniform skirts should be aptly brought out Mutula Kilonzo’s bold and witty personality both as a politician and minister. As Minister for Education between March 2012 and February 2013, Kilonzo stood in defence of schoolgirls demanding to be allowed to wear miniskirts. “I am […]
Listen Having both been educated in the UK – Mr Obwocha with a master’s degree in economics from Oxford, and Mr Kibaki with a master’s degree also in economics from the London School of Economics – Mr Obwocha had come into the President’s court under the wings of Simeon Nyachae’s Ford People. The party, together […]
Listen Kosgey was a loyal aide to President Daniel arap Moi, evident in the six Cabinet positions (including Transport and Communications, Culture and Social Services, Education, and Cooperative Development) he served in the Kenya African National Union (KANU) government between 1979 and 2002. “I was a good student of Moi and loyal to the government […]
Listen She joined 15 other women elected to Parliament in the December 2007 elections, after she swept aside five male candidates and made it on a ticket of an almost inconsequential political party, the United Democratic Movement (UDM). Instructively, since its establishment before the 1997 General Election, Mogotio Constituency has been dominated by the independence […]