Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi took over the Ministry of Education when it was already undertaking wide-ranging reforms to align education and training to meet changing aspirations of Kenyans.
His two predecessors - the late Education minister and Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo and the Higher Education, Science and Technology minister Margaret Kamar - had, by the time the 10th Parliament wound up, steered the passage of a number of laws on education. The laws were designed to address the challenges affecting the delivery of education and training in the country in terms of access, quality, equity and relevance.