Cabinet of Kenya

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.^[1]

Current Cabinet

Cabinet of Kenya^[2]
Portrait	Portfolio
	President Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces	Uhuru Kenyatta
	Deputy President	William Ruto
	Mining	Dan Kazungu
	Environment and Natural Resource	Judy Wakhungu
	Devolution and Planning	Mwangi Kiunjuri
	Water and Irrigation	Eugene Wamalwa
	Finance / National Treasury	Henry Rotich
	Sports, Culture and the Arts	Hassan Arero
	Education	Fred Matiangi
	Transport and Infrastructure	James Macharia
	Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries	Willy Bett
	Interior and Coordination of National Government	Joseph Nkaissery
	Foreign Affairs & International Trade	Amina Mohamed
	Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs	Sicily Kariuki
	Tourism	Najib Balala
	Energy and Petroleum	Charles Keter
	Health	Cleopa Mailu
	Labour & East Africa Affairs	Phyllis Kandie
	Defence	Raychelle Omamo
	Land, Housing and Urban Development	Jacob Kaimenyi
	Industrialization and Enterprise Development	Adan Mohammed
	Information, Communication and Technology	Joe Mucheru
Also attends Cabinet
	Attorney General	Githu Muigai

↑ Njagih, Moses. "Vetting awaits nominees to new Cabinet". Standard Digital News. The Standard Group Limited. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
↑ Kubania, Jacqueline (25 November 2015). "President Kenyatta reshuffles cabinet, expands state departments". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

National cabinets of Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

Members of the Kenyan Jubilee Coalition Cabinet

President Kenyatta Vice-President Ruto Ministers of State in the Office of the President Lenku Waiguru Other ministers Omamo Rotich Mohamed Kandie Ngilu Kaimenyi Macharia Kamau

Historical Cabinet of Kenya

Heads of State of Kenya

Queen (1963–1964)	Elizabeth II

President (from 1964)	J. Kenyatta Moi Kibaki U. Kenyatta

Prime Ministers of Kenya

Jomo Kenyatta post abolished (1964-2008) Raila Odinga post abolished (2013-Present)

Vice-Presidents of Kenya

Odinga 1964−1965 Murumbi 1965−1966 Moi 1967−1978 Kibaki 1978−1988 Karanja 1988−1989 Saitoti* 1989−1998 1999−2002 Mudavadi 2002 Kijana 2003 Awori 2003−2008 Musyoka 2008−2013 Ruto† 2013− *post vacant 1998-1999, interrupting his term †post renamed to 'Deputy President' in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kenya

Kenyatta (as prime minister) Murumbi Koinange Nyamweya Argwings-Kodhek Koinange Mungai Waiyaki Ouko Mwangale Onyonka Ouko Ayah Musyoka Godana Obure Madoka Musyoka Mwakwere Tuju Wetangula Ongeri Mohamed

Ministers of Finance of Kenya

Gichuru Kibaki Magugu Saitoti Mudavadi Nyachae Masakhalia Okemo Obure Mwiraria Kimunya Michuki Uhuru Githae Rotich

Michael Blundell (1955–59)
Bruce Mackenzie (1959–61)
Michael Blundell (1961–62)
Wilfrid Havelock (1962–63)
Bruce Mackenzie (1963–70)
Jeremiah J.M. Nyagah (1971–79)
Gilbert Kabere M'mbijiwe (1980–82)
Munyua Waiyaki (1982–84)
William Odongo Omamo (1984–87)
Elijah Mwangale (1987–92)
Simeon Nyachae (1993–96)
Darius Msagha Mbela (1997)
Musalia Mudavadi (1998)
Christopher Obure (1999–2001)
Bonaya Godana (2001–02)
Kipruto Rono Arap Kirwa (2003–07)
William Ruto (2008–10)
Sally Kosgei (2010–13)
Felix Koskei (2013–present)

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