H.E. Dr Musalia Mudavadi
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs | Republic of Kenya
H.E. Dr. Musalia Mudavadi is the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya. A decorated leader and policymaker with extensive experience at the helm of various Cabinet ministerial dockets, Dr. Musalia was the seventh Vice-President of the Republic of Kenya in 2002 and the Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013. Dr. Musalia entered politics at the age of 28 and served as Member of Parliament for the Sabatia Constituency from 1989 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2013.
Dr. Musalia’s other political credentials include running for President in 2013 and holding several leadership positions in political parties in the country. He is currently one of the Principals in the governing Kenya Kwanza Alliance coalition. He is a consummate public servant who has held Cabinet Ministerial positions for most of his political life in Supply and Marketing, Finance, Agriculture, Transport, Information and Communication, and Local Government.
As finance minister in early 1990s, he courageously led the extensive liberalization and deregulation of the Kenya economy. In information and Communication, he is credited for liberalization of the communications sector into the current vibrant sector of free media and ICT to successes such as Safaricom. As Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, he was in charge of the implementation of devolution under the Constitution promulgated in 2010. He is hailed for pushing for Acts of Parliament that entrenched the current devolved system of Government.
Dr. Musalia received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Land Economics (Hons.) in 1984 from the University of Nairobi, is a Member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (M.I.S.K) and a Registered Valuer (RV), and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in Peace and Sustainable Development by Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) in 2022.
Dr. Musalia is married to Mrs. Tessie Musalia and they are blessed with three children.
