Education Cabinet Secretary Ogamba Migos has been ranked as best performing CS in the cabinet according to latest opinion poll by Centre for African Progress (CAP). This is the first time that the hard working CS has been ranked at position one.
Migosi scored 10.2% followed by Rebecca Miano (Tourism) 7.6% 2 Musalia Mudavadi (Foreign Affairs) 7.4%, Kipchumba Murkomen (Interior) 7.2% , and Lee Kinyanjui (Trade) 7%.
Davis Chirchir (Roads) scored 6.5%, Wycliffe Oparanya 6.0% , Opiyo Wandayi (Energy) 5.4% , Alice Wahome (Lands) 5.2% as Mutahi Kagwe (Agriculture) got 5%.
Aden Dualle (Health) scored 4.5%, Alfred Mutua (Labour and Social Protection) 4%, Geoffrey Ruku (Public Service) 3.8%, Salim Mvurya (Sports) 3.5%, Soipan Tuya (Defense) 3.0%, William Kabogo (ICT) 2.8%%, Ali Hassan Joho (Mining) 2.5%, Beatrice Moe (East African Community) 2.4%, Eric Muuga (Water & Sanitation) 2.2%, Deborah Mulongo (Environment) 1.6%, John Mbadi (Finance) 1.2% and Hannah Cheptumo (Gender) scored 1% at number 22.
The study was carried out between the 13th and 17th of February 2026.
A sample of 6,000 adults spread across the country’s 47 counties was used during the survey as gender split was 50-50 (3,000 males and 3,000 females)
The level of education for the respondents was 30% for Primary, 30% for secondary, and 40% for college.
Age distribution: 18-30 (25%), 31-45 (35%), and 46+ (40%). Funding for the project is 100% by the Centre for African Progress (CAP).
Meanwhile, 15% of the respondents said the cabinet secretaries should be blamed for a lazy cabinet, 80% blamed the President while 5% noted that they have no idea about the person to be blamed.
In addition, 80% of the respondents said the cabinet secretaries are incompetent, 12% said the CSs are competent while 8% said they have no opinion.
On the other hand, President William Ruto has emphasized that his cabinet secretaries must deliver for the people of Kenya since this is the only way for him to justify his 2027 re-election.
However, there have been concerns over mediocre performance by some cabinet secretaries.
A number of Kenyans have complained regarding certain functions that fall on certain specific ministries, and this was picked by the research personnel.
Among the issues that have caused disquiet among the Kenyan people include Social Health Authority (SHA), Higher education, teachers’ and lecturers’ salaries, and the suffering of Kenyans in the Diaspora such as the young men currently trapped in the Russia-Ukraine war.
