Kenya's first Education minister Joseph Daniel Otiende dies

Kenya's first cabinet outside Parliament building.

The death of pioneer Cabinet Minister Joseph Daniel Otiende Wednesday marked the end of an era characterised by dramatic and nostalgic political history.

Otiende's death at dawn yesterday at the Avenue Hospital in Kisumu brings down the curtain on Kenya's first Cabinet whose 15 eminent members helped founding President Jomo Kenyatta to lay the foundation of a young nation that has grown into today's bustling economy of nearly 40 million people.