Dr Julia Ojiamba, first female government minister, Kenya
Nov. 11, 1974 - Swearing in of Kenya's new cabinet: Following Kenya's recent General Elections the country's third since Independence was attained in 1963 - President Kenyatta and his new Ministers and Assistant Ministers were sworn in during a public ceremony in Nairobi's Uhuru Park attended by many thousands of people. Sixteen of the Ministers of the previous twenty-man Cabinet retained their seats and they all found seats in the new Cabinet, though several portfolios were changed around. There were five newcomers: four to replace the Ministers who had lost their seats including Foreign Minister Dr Njarage Mungai - and one to take charge of a new Ministry: for water development. History was made by the inclusion of one woman, Dr Julia Ojiamba, among the Assistant Ministers. Dr Ojiamba is one of six women Members of the current Kenya Parliament: four of them elected and two others nominated by the President. Photo shows Kenya's first ever woman Assistant Minister, Dr Julia Ojiamba, taking her oath as a member of Kenya's Government. On her left is Cabinet Secretary Mr Muriithi
