Comprehensive List of “New” Cabinet Secretaries Announced by Uhuru Kenyatta

“The big four will help people create jobs, to new lives of comfort and well being. That is the big life I have foreseen,” he noted during the 54th Jamhuri Celebrations.

The Cabinet of Kenya is made up of the President, Deputy President, Attorney General and Cabinet Secretaries. The 2010 Constitution of Kenya allows a maximum of 22 ministries. A Cabinet Secretary is not a Member of the Kenyan Parliament and has to be vetted by a parliamentary committee before their appointment.

Here is the list announced by the President:

1. Ministry of Education – Amina Mohamed
2. Ministry of Interior – Fred Matiang’i
3. Ministry of Devolution – Eugine Wamalwa
4. Ministry of Defense – Rachel Omamo
5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Monicah Juma
6. Ministry of Youth and Gender – Margaret Kobia
7. Ministry of Petroleum and Mining – John Munyes
8. Ministry of Environment and Forestry – Keriako Tobiko
9. Ministry of Information and Communication – Joe Mucheru
10. Ministry of Health – Cecil Kariuki
11. Ministry of Northern Community Development – Peter Munya
12. Transport and Infrastructure – James Macharia
13. Ministry of Tourism – Najib Balala
14. Ministry of Water and Sanitization – Simon Cherugui
15. Ministry of Lands – Farida Karoney
16. Ministry of Industrialization – Aden Muhamed