Listen 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 University of East Anglia. A social anthropologist by training, Wario’s place in the public sphere represented […]
Listen Raychelle 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 in 2013, she went about her duties quietly, without attracting the scrutiny of […]
Listen Were it not for the 2010 Constitution, the public may not have benefitted directly from the endowments and exposure of James Wainaina Macharia, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Transport and Infrastructure. Indeed, the Constitution reconstructed governance and, for the first time since Independence, provided for a Cabinet of technocrats. Previously, the President handpicked the […]
Listen Until she was introduced to Kenyans by President Uhuru Kenyatta as he named members of his first Cabinet, few people knew Anne Mumbi Waiguru. Her credentials were impeccable. In Cabinet, her star shone brightly. On TV shows she displayed confidence. When Winston Churchill — the Prime Minister who led Britain to victory during the […]
Listen Tall, fierce and regal. That was Major General (Rtd) Joseph Kasaine ole Nkaissery, just the man President Uhuru Kenyatta needed to rein in runaway insecurity that threatened to mar the running of the government he had just inherited from Mwai Kibaki. As a retired soldier Nkaissery came highly recommended. The no-nonsense disciplinarian who had […]
Listen Even in the worst circumstances, a man can find a strange kernel of hope that fundamentally changes the trajectory of his destiny and leads him to a place he had never dreamed of. Keriako Tobiko is a man who doesn’t seem to have aspired for great things. All he wanted was to be a […]
Listen Level-headed, soft-spoken, and shy of controversy, John Kiyonga Munyes does not come across as a politician in a country where the kind are known to be boisterous, cavalier, or rabble-rousing. Perhaps his demeanour stems from his many years in the corporate world, including working for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) […]