Kibaki Cabinet
Beth Mugo – Champion of women’s empowerment
April 19, 2022Beth Wambui Mugo is an early inductee to the inner sanctums of power, as she was a favourite of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. She clearly stayed the course, becoming Nairobi’s first ever woman Member of Parliament (MP) in 1997. Before her foray into politics, where she left ineradicable mark in human rights, […]
Moi Cabinet
Mwai Kibaki – The gentleman politician
May 1, 2022When President Jomo Kenyatta died in 1978, Mwai Kibaki was his long-serving Minister for Finance. Once Vice President Daniel arap Moi took over and constituted his Cabinet in October the same year, he retained Kibaki in the Finance docket and elevated him to the vice presidency. At the height of […]
Kenyatta Cabinet
Argwings Kodhek – Mau Mau lawyer
April 29, 2022In 1963, Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta appointed C.M.G. Argwings-Kodhek an Assistant Minister for Defence. In 1966, he was promoted to head the Ministry of Natural Resources and eventually in 1967 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was a true hero […]