Fred Matiang'i

Fred Okengo Matiang'i is a former Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. He assumed office on 8 July 2017 on acting capacity after the sudden Demise of Joseph ole Nkaissery, making him hold two cabinet positions concurrently, that is in the ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and Education, Science and Technology. He took up the full position of cabinet secretary for Internal Security and Coordination of National Government after being appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2018 in the president's second comprehensive cabinet appointments. On 22 January 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta, through Executive Order Number 1 of 2019, appointed him chairperson of the National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee. The committee is composed of all Cabinet Secretaries, The Attorney-General and the Head of the Public Service who acts as the secretariat.

Fred Matiang'i
Matiang'i in 2013
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Interior & Coordination of National Government
In office
8 July 2017 – 27 October 2022
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Preceded byJoseph Ole Nkaissery
Succeeded byKithure Kindiki
Cabinet Secretary for Education, Science and Technology
In office
24 November 2015 – 26 January 2018
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Preceded byJacob Kaimenyi
Succeeded byAmina Mohamed
Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and Technology
In office
April 2013 – 24 November 2015
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Succeeded byJoe Mucheru
Personal details
Born
Fred Okengo Matiang'i

Borabu, Nyamira District, Kenya
Children2
Alma materKenyatta University (BA)
University of Nairobi (MA), (PhD)

Matiang'i had served as the Eastern Africa regional representative for the Centre for International Development, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, the State University of New York before being nominated as the Cabinet Secretary for Information Communication and Technology on 23 April 2013.

He formerly taught at Egerton University and the University of Nairobi.

On 24 November 2015, President Uhuru Kenyatta, in a cabinet reshuffle, appointed him as the cabinet secretary for Education.

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