Top 100 Kenyans 2020

Patrick Njoroge

Born in 1961, Patrick Ngugi Njoroge is an economist, banker and the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya from June 2015 to date.

He attended Mangu High School from 1973 until 1976, for his O-Level education.

He graduated with a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Nairobi in 1985 before pursuing a PhD in Economics at Yale University in 1993. 

Following his PhD studies, he worked as an economist at the Ministry of Finance from March 1993 until December 1994.

Ukur Yattani

Ukur Yatani is the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and former CS for Labour and Social Protection.

Born in Forole, North Horr sub-county in 1967, Yatani was a stellar student culminating his studies in the US where he graduated with a Master of Public Administration and Public Policy degree from the University of York in the UK.

Yatani has over 27-years of experience in public administration, politics, diplomacy and governance in the public sector since 1992. 

Azziad Nasenya

Azziad Nasenya is a 19-year-old online content creator who became an internet sensation in 2020. 

She is currently a second-year college student at the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication, where she is pursuing a course in Mass Media.

Okiya Omtatah

Human Rights Activist, Okiya Omtatah Okoiti, is not a  lawyer by profession, but many see him as the country’s public defender due to the number of cases he has filed in the public interest.

His quest for a just society has seen him get into trouble with law enforcers, persevering beatings and lockups. At one point in 2012, he lost four incisors after an attack that was blamed on hired goons.

Esther Akoth

Esther Akoth, aka Akothee, is a singer and a businesswoman who is famous for her afro-beat songs.

The 37-year-old musician has used her Akothee Foundation to improve the livelihoods of the disadvantaged in the society after the Covid-19 pandemic struck the country. 

Johnson Sakaja

Johnson Sakaja is the current Senator of Nairobi County, following his election to the position on August 8, 2017, General Election.

His political journey started in his days as a student at the University of Nairobi where he served as the Vice-Chair of the Actuarial Students Association. 

Twalib Mbarak

Twalib Mbarak is the CEO of the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission since January 2019. 

Born in Kilifi, Mbarak served as a platoon commander of Kenya Rifles from 1985 to 1988 and security officer (military protective security) from 1987 to 1991, before taking up a one-year job on a UN military observer mission for Western Sahara referendum.

Susan Kihika

Susan Kihika is the Senator for Nakuru County serving her first term following her election in 2017.

Kihika is also the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Bureau of Women Parliamentarians.