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From Ward administrator to the Cabinet, Zachariah Njeru also sold insurance

Zacharia Mwangi Njeru.

Little known Zacharia Mwangi Njeru leapt from a Ward administrator in Nakuru County to a full Cabinet Secretary courtesy of President William Ruto Tuesday, September 27, 2022.

In a feat only comparable to Joseph Ole Lenku's conversion from a mid-level hotel manager to interior minister in 2013, Njeru landed the expansive Lands docket in the cabinet to take over from Farida Karoney.

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