Top 100 Kenyans 2020

Dr. Mercy Korir is a Health and Science journalist at the Standard Media Group. Korir has a Bachelor's Degree in Medicine and Surgery, and a Master of Arts in Communication Studies, from the University of Nairobi.

Mbithi Masya is a director, filmmaker, writer and artist of no mean repute in the Kenyan advertisement space. He previously worked as agency art director, a role he ditched to focus on film and music.

The media practitioner has had a 20-year-stellar career at various TV stations in the country. He holds an MSc in Environmental Governance from the University of Manchester, a Bachelor of Agribusiness Management from Egerton University, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Nairobi, and a certificate in Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Lulu Hassan is a leading Kenyan television news anchor and reporter with Citizen TV.  She hosts Citizen Nipashe and Wikendi news bulletins in Swahili alongside her husband Rashid Abdalla.

She earlier trained as a cabin crew hostess, human resource manager, and ticketing officer after her high school before studying Communication and Journalism.

Koinange is a Kenyan journalist and host of Jeff Koinange Live talk show on Citizen TV.  

Joe Mucheru is the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication having been appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2015.

The soft-spoken CS studied at London’s City University after attending high school in Kenya. He also attended The Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University in 2008.

George Maingi Kinoti is the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Kenya. He has vast experience in security matters, having graduated with a Bachelors in Sociology in 1992. He also holds a Master’s degree in Security Management from Egerton University.

Hillary Mutyambai is the country’s Inspector General of Police (IG). He is a trained police officer whose stellar career in the police service saw him rise from a junior officer in the then Kenya Police Force in 1991 to the rank of Superintendent of Police before joining the then Directorate of Security Intelligence in 1998.

George Magoha is the current Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Education. 

Born in 1952, Magoha is a Kenyan consultant surgeon, academic administrator, and technocrat of good standing.