Where are they now? Intrigues in appointment of Moi Cabinet
Daniel Moi waves to the crowd as he leaves a Nairobi stadium after celebrating Jamhuri Day on December 12, 2002. In his era, Cabinet ministers would be appointed but reshuffled or fired with the same frequency the President changed or discarded a pair of socks. PHOTO | SIMON MAINA | AFP
What you need to know:
When appointing his first Cabinet, he secretly assigned three rival factions to work on separate lists, making each believe theirs was the one and only list.
Moi had a long chat with the Security Intelligence head James Kanyotu, discussing and harmonising the three lists at hand.
