Government

Joseph Kinyua

Joseph Kinyua is the Head of Public Service. He is one of Kenya’s oldest civil servants having been appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta when he ascended to power in 2013.

Kinyua's career began in 1978 as an assistant lecturer at the University of Nairobi. He joined the Central Bank of Kenya in 1980 as an Economist before rising to the rank of Director of Research.

Najib Balala

Hon Najib Balala is the current Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife. Balala studied Business Administration and International Urban Management and Leadership from the University of Toronto and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Zack Kinuthia

Zack Kinuthia is the current Chief Administrative Officer in the Ministry of Education.

Kinuthia’s appointment in 2020 makes him the youngest individual serving in the position.

At 32 years, he has worked in management and leadership roles at various government and civil society organizations for close to a decade. 

He is currently pursuing a law degree at the University of Nairobi and is also a holder of a degree in Economics and Political Science from the same university. 

Mutahi Kagwe

Mutahi Kagwe is the current Cabinet Secretary for Health. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Insurance) degree from the University of Nairobi and an MBA from the United States International University.

Amina Mohammed

Amina Mohamed is the Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and Heritage, a position she has held since March 2019. Amina, 59, has had an illustrious career in both the diplomatic and public service spanning three decades.

After her Masters in Law degree in Ukraine, Amina returned to Kenya in 1985 and worked for the Ministry of Local Government as a legal officer before moving to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986.  

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.