Esther Akoth is a celebrated musician who has consistently sold out shows and is known for her electric performances and kind heart.
Her intervention during the drought that hit Turkana warmed the hearts of many Kenyans, among them Rachel Ruto.
Though she didn't save the day all by herself, she was able to mobilze well-wishers in a way that earned her admiration even from perceived critics.
In just under two hours, she was able to raise more than Ksh1 million.
Rachel Ruto is the Second Lady of Kenya. During her tenure, she has become an advocate for women's rights and women's empowerment.
Through the Joyful Women Organization, she has spurred a table banking initiative throughout Kenya, and spreading to the rest of Africa.
She regularly holds prayer meetings and is heavily involved in the church.
Larry Madowo is a Kenyan journalist and a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University in New York.
He was previously the BBC Africa Business Editor. Madowo joined the BBC in April 2018 from NTV, where he was a prime time news anchor and talk show host on The Trend.
Mike Macharia is the CEO of SevenSeas Technology Group.
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and entrepreneur, having founded SevenSeas Technologies (SST) Group at the age of 25 in the year 2000.
In April 2018, a business publication dedicated to commerce and agriculture issues across the country, Bizna Kenya, announced Macharia as the newest entrant into the billionaires' club in Kenya.
Dr. Manu Chandaria, OBE, EBS, is founding chairman of the East African Business Council and the Kenya Private Sector Alliance, an umbrella body representing over two hundred sectors and organizations.
He is a Council member of the University of Nairobi which awarded him a Doctorate of Sciences.
In 2003 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II conferred an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in recognition of his community work and promotion of Kenyan economic interests.
Ken is a co-founder and also serves as the group Co-CEO of Cellulant, a leading multinational one-stop digital payments company.
In 2019, he proved to be the most resilient CEO of the year, considering that his company, which has firmly planted its roots across the continent, emerged from the dark shadows of the Riverside attack that claimed 21 lives.
The company lost six of its managerial staff during the mid-January attack.
Joshua Nyamweya Oigara (born 1975, Kisii, Kenya) is the current Group Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Commercial Bank Group, the biggest banking group in Kenya by asset base.
Prior to his appointment, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of the Company between January 12, 2012, and January 2013.
In 2015, Joshua Oigara publicly declared his wealth as a net worth of Ksh220 million, made up of total assets of Ksh350 million and loan obligations of Ksh130 million, and a monthly gross salary of Ksh4.9 million.
John Gachora is the Managing Director of NIC bank.
He holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, as well as an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
He joined NIC from Barclays Africa where he had been Managing Director and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking.
Caroline Mutoko is the CMO of Radio Africa Group and a leading Kenyan media personality, with a radio career that spans more than 15 years.
Lulu Hassan is a celebrated Citizen TV Swahili news anchor. She co-hosts the Nipashe Wikendi bulletin with her husband Rashid Abdallah.
When she is not anchoring the news, she is either chasing a human-interest feature or leading the production of award-winning Swahili soap operas under her company Jiffy Pictures.
In 2019, Lulu aired a feature series titled Prison Diaries, where she helped family members reconcile with their loved ones.