The cabinet consists of the President, Deputy President, Attorney General and Cabinet sectaries. Cabinet Secretaries are not members of the parliament. The constitution allows a maximum number of 22 cabinet secretaries who are vetted by a parliamentary committee before they are appointed. The cabinet includes;

• Deputy President William Ruto
  

• Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and Technology-Fred Matiangi

• Cabinet Secretary for mining- Najib Balala

• Cabinet Secretary for EAC, Commerce and Tourism-Philis Kipkingor kandie

• Cabinet Secretary for industrialization and Enterprise Development-Adan Mohamed

• Cabinet Secretary for Defense- Rayechelle Omamo

• Cabinet Secretary for Education-Jacob Kaimenyi

• Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development-Charity Ngilu

• Cabinet Secretary for Sports,Culture and the Arts-Hassan Wario

• Cabinet Secretary for Labour, Social Security and Services-Samuel Kambi

• Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum-Davis Chirchir

• Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries-Felix Koskei

• Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Water and Natural Resources-Judy Wakhungu

• Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure-Michael Kamau

• Cabinet Secretary for Health- James Wainaina Macharia

• Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury-Henry Rotich

• Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government-Joseph Olelenku

• Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning-Anne Waiguru

• Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs-Amina Mohamed

• Attorney General-Githu Muigai

 

 

 

 

 

Mzee JOMO KENYATTA

He was the first president of Kenya having gone through a lot to fight for freedom in the country. Kenyatta has for a longtime been known to be hard working and would not tolerate any kind of people that tried to drag behind the efforts made by the society in economic development. He is the father to the currently fourth president of Kenya hon.Uhuru Kenyatta.Delivering Kenya from the hands of the white men was one of his major achievements to the country.

HON.DANIEL MOI

He was the second and longest serving president for the republic of Kenya. He helped Kenya continue well economically by improving industrials growth despite many collapsing during his period.Moi’s reign was characterized by cheap products that were affordable by many parties and has since gone to greater levels in supplying plenty of milk to the public schools that existed. He has opened several schools and hospitals that will remind the public about his major achievements as the president of Kenya.

HON.MWAI KIIBAKI

He was known to be a cheerful leader with vast knowledge in the field of economics. The president has helped Kenya experience huge economic growth by signing a lot of trade agreements with other nations of the world such as Japan and china. Major works of the president include the construction of the Thika superhighway that is playing great roles in establishing a stable economic system for the country. The president would approach matters with a lot of confidence and would respond to them appropriately.

HON.UHURU KENYATTA

The son of the first president of Kenya‘s first president mzee Jomo Kenyatta and the husband to the first lady Margret Kenyatta. He is very hard working and this fact is supported by the major achievements he has accomplished within a short duration of time. He has helped the country reduce traffic congestion by starting the railway project and has offered title deeds to various residents of the coastal region.

Energy Regulatory Commission in Kenya is to alter the oil rules. The Energy Regulatory Commission announced its intention to issue new rules for importation and holding petroleum with an aim of eliminating speculators in the oil market. The new proposed changes in the oil and petroleum sector were to foster investment in the petroleum sector in Kenya. The rules in the oil industry have to be adjusted as they do not favour investments as they are.

The new rules to be issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission will also shift the oil storage mandate from Kenya Pipeline Company. There have been speculations of spectators and brokers interfering with the oil storage and distribution via the energy ministry in Kenya. To introduce these new regulations in this oil industry in Kenya will ensure reduced corruption, transparency in the oil sector in Kenya and encourage investors locally and from foreign countries.

There are around 67 oil retailers in Kenya with trading licences to distribute oil. Half of these fuel distributors and oil retailers in Kenya is bound to lose licences of trading when the new rules from the ministry of energy are gazetted.

Operators in Oil industry in Kenya had been given up to 1 January 2014 to comply with the ministry of energy new rules, which applied during the renewal of 2014 oil trading licences in Kenya.

Among the new rules introduced in the fuel and oil industry in Kenya, registered oil firms in Kenya must own at least 5 oil retail stations, or a petroleum depot in Kenya. In case an oil company in Kenya do not possess any of these, they should prove that they can sell at least 15 million litres of assorted fuels each year.

According to the new regulations in the oil industry in Kenya, an oil Company defaulting both of the two rules above for 2 consecutive months, the fuel company will get their trading licence downgraded for not less than one year.

All registered fuel firms in Kenya must comply with the agreements with the national pipeline in Kenya and the oil refinery. These agreements include prompt lifting of oil products in Kenya and maintaining dead stock which is popularly known as line fill of 500 m3 of diesel.

Parastatals are government owned companies, boards or organizations which help the government to run essentials functions of the government. And they provide very important services to the people of Kenya. The Parastatals are usually managed by board of directors who are appointed by the president of the republic of Kenya.

These Parastatals of the government of Kenya are usually managed and funded through the respective ministries of the government. Some of these governmental Parastatals also source of revenue to the government of Kenya such as Kenya meat commission, new Kenya co-operative creameries and Kenya Pipeline Company. The Parastatals also employs a lot people therefore helping to reduce unemployment in kenya to some extend and for someone to be employed to this big government Parastatals, he should have a lot of experience both in terms of skills and knowledge and to some extend politically affiliated to the ruling president in kenya.

• Geothermal Development Company.

• Kenya leather development council board.

• Kenya electricity transmission company (KETRACO).

• Kenya pipeline company (KPL).

• New Kenya co-operative creameries.

• National cereals and produce board.

• Kenya meat commission.

• Anti-female genital mutilation board.

• National bureau of statistics.

• Consolidated bank board of directors.

• National hospital insurance fund board.

• National drought management authority.

• Kenya medical training college board.

• Kerio valley development authority.

• Water resource management authority.

• Lake Basin development authority.

• National water conservation and Pipeline Corporation.

• Tana and Athi rivers development authority.

• Kenya marine authority.

• LAPSSET corridor development authority.

• Kenya broadcast corporation.

• Postal Corporation of Kenya.

• Kenya information and communication board of directors.

• National sports fund board of trustees.

 

 

 

The Kenya law firm has made quite a number of laws that can be used to guide the various relationships that exist among various individuals. The following are the major classes of law in Kenya.

Public law

The branch of law, regulates the relationship between its citizens and the state in general. The law is also important as it regulates the operation of various organizations in the market system of Kenya. The major categories of public law include constitutional, criminal and administrative law.

Private law

It describes the branch of law that is mostly concerned with the rights and duties of individuals towards other individuals. It includes the law of torts, property law and the laws concerning with succession matters.

Criminal law

This type of law generally addresses the branch of law that specifies the general procedures to be followed by each citizen upon which non compliance of the above rules will lead to severe punishment.

Civil law

The branch of law generally regulates the relationship between various private individuals by enforcing various obligations to be followed or by simply compensating the parties that are injured and affected by a certain condition.

Procedural law

The branch of law specifies the general steps that should be followed by a person that needs to carry out a dangerous step in life. The above law determines the manner in which the court proceedings will be conducted by a certain party.

Substantive law

The law has the actual rules that generally define what  is unlawful and good things that can be done. It defines the various existing civil wrongs and later in turn provides the remedies that can be used to handle them.

International law

The above law defines the relationships that exist between Kenya and the global countries and further guides how they relate with one another.

 

The latest research report of the Kenya 2014 Wealth shows that there are various individuals in Kenya who own 50% of the wealth of Kenya. The richest political families and billionaire land owners in Kenya are as follows:

1. The Kenyatta Family

The Kenyatta Family- the first president of Kenya are the richest family in Kenya, owning large tracks of land (in Nakuru, Naivasha, Rumuruti, Endebbes, Nairobi and Thika), Enke Holdings, banking with Commercial Bank of Africa, tourism sector-owning major hotels in Kenya, insurance, airline (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport), mining, real estate, energy and education.

The family which includes the present President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, can be ranked among the richest in the World, with wealth between $ 100 million and  $1 billion. 

2. The Moi Family

The retired president of Kenya, Daniel Moi is ranked among the richest persons in Kenya with an estimated wealth of around hundreds of billions. The new world wealth 2014 report classifies the Moi Family among the centimillionaires. He ruled Kenya for 24 years.

3. George Saitoti

The late Professor George Saitoti is also ranked among the richest politicians in Kenya. He was a vice president of Kenya for 10 years and died in a plane crash in June 2012. The New World Wealth report ranked George Saitoti as an affluent millionaire owning between $30 million and $100 million.

4. Nicholas Biwott

Nicholas Biwott was ranked among the richest Kenyans owning between $100 million and $ 1 billion. He was a strong minister during the era of President Moi in Kenya and an oil marketer.

5. John Michuki

The late John Michuki was a strict minister during the era of President Kibaki and owns between $30 million and $100 million according to The New World Wealth Report 2014.

6. The Odinga Family

The Odinga Family has interests in oil, gas, manufacturing and agriculture in Kenya and were ranked among the richest families in Kenya. The late Jaramogi Odinga Oginga was the first vice president of Kenya, during the era of Jomo Kenyatta and the son, Raila Odinga was the Prime Minister of Kenya during the coalition government in Kenya.

7. Mwai Kibaki 

The former president of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki is also ranked among the richest politicians in Kenya, having largely invested in large tracks of land, tea growing, telecommunication, real estate, hotels, banking and fashion industries.

8. Simeon Nyachae

Simeon Nyachae is a former chief secretary, provincial administrator and a cabinet minister in Kenya and was ranked among the richest politicians in Kenya. He owns Sansora Holding and other ranches abroad.

9. Other Politicians ranked among the richest in Kenya are:

John Harun Mwau under category of billionaires, Mr Joshua Kulei-an aide to President Moi and Late Njenga Karume are ranked among the richest politicians in Kenya with political power and influence.

Other individuals in Kenya who own large tracks of Land in Kenya include Kamresh Pattni, Mr Tahir Sheikh Said (TSS), Mr Swaleh Nguru and Mr Saleh Said Sherman. 

The Kenya Presidency State House in Nairobi is located on State House Road. The postal address is P.O. Box 40530- 00100, Nairobi. 

The email addresses of the State House in Kenya are; [email protected] and [email protected].

The State House of Nairobi websites are www.statehouse.go.ke and www.president.go.ke.

The facebook interaction pages of the Kenya State House are; www.facebook.com/StateHouseKenya and www.facebook.com/myuhurukenyatta.

The twitter handles of the Kenya State House are @statehousekenya and @UKenyatta.

State Houses in Kenya telephone contacts are as follows:

Eldoret State House …………………………………. (053)2031994

Kakamega State House …………………………….. (056)202253

Kisumu State House …………………………………. (057)2022536

Mombasa State House ………………………………. (041)2312451

Nairobi State House ………………………………….. (020)2227436

Nakuru State House ………………………………….. (051)2216318

Sagana State House ………………………………….. (060)2030730

When a bill is passed in parliament, it passes through some major stages before being considered by the legal authorities to be counted as a law in Kenya. The following stages present the exact pathways that a bill passes through before being counted as a law.

Initiation of a Proposal

Several parties can be involved in the initial process. The major parties that initiate a bill into being a law source include among others, the government, ministry and group facing pressure. The groups will come up with several ideas forwarded to the next step.

Publication of the legislative proposal

The process includes drafting of the proposal given by the ones that suggested it.

Cabinet approval. The Kenyan cabinet will have to go through the bill before approving for it to move to the next major step. It is of great importance that the cabinet goes through all proposed bills.

Publication

The attorney general will have to publish the respective law and ensure that it is seen by nearly all parties that need it.

Gazzetting the published document in the official Kenyan newspaper will be the next major step for one to follow in order to read and find out more information about the article.

First reading takes place after several consultations are made with the speaker of the national assembly. The speaker can offer advice on what can be done about the bill.

The second reading of the proposed bill will have to follow during which debating starts after the speaker leaves. The formation of two groups will then follow that are the whole house and select committee.

The reporting stage follows as the next step eventually making the whole process to be reaching the final stages.

Third reading will then take place that includes the occurrence of minor debates and simple majority through the ordinary bills. The presidential approval will follow after which the attorney general will have to publish the document in official gazette.