Comprehensive List of “New” Cabinet Secretaries Announced by Uhuru Kenyatta
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“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:
- Ministry of Education – Amina Mohamed
- Ministry of Interior – Fred Matiang’i
- Ministry of Devolution – Eugine Wamalwa
- Ministry of Defense – Rachel Omamo
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Monicah Juma
- Ministry of Youth and Gender – Margaret Kobia
- Ministry of Petroleum and Mining – John Munyes
- Ministry of Environment and Forestry – Keriako Tobiko
- Ministry of Information and Communication – Joe Mucheru
- Ministry of Health – Cecil Kariuki
- Ministry of Northern Community Development – Peter Munya
- Transport and Infrastructure – James Macharia
- Ministry of Tourism – Najib Balala
- Ministry of Water and Sanitization – Simon Cherugui
- Ministry of Lands – Farida Karoney
- Ministry of Industrialization – Aden Muhamed
Adan Mohammed
CS, Industrialization and Enterprise Development
Amb. Amina Mohamed
CS, Education
Amb. Monica Juma
Nominee CS, Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Amb. Raychelle Omamo
CS, Defence
Dr. Fred Matiang'i
CS, Interior and Coordination of National Government
Eugene Wamalwa
CS, Devolution and ASAL Areas
Farida Karoney
Nominee CS, Lands
Henry K. Rotich
CS, National Treasury and Planning
James Macharia
CS, Transport and Infrastructure Development
Joe Mucheru
CS, Information Communication & Technology
John Munyes
Nominee CS, Petroleum and Mining
Keriako Tobiko
Nominee CS, Environment and Forestry
Mwangi Kiunjuri
CS, Agriculture and Irrigation
Najib Balala
CS, Tourism and Wildlife
Peter Munya
Nominee CS, East African Community and Northern Corridor Development
Prof. Margaret Kobia
Nominee CS, Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs
Rashid Achesa Mohammed
Nominee CS, Sports and Heritage
Sicily Kanini Kariuki
CS, Health
Simon Chelugui
Nominee CS, Ministry of Water and Sanitation
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