Office tenure (for pulse): 15 Jan 2008 – 26 Oct 2022
How to read Cabinet Secretary Aden Barre Duale's Hansard record
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In office: 15 Jan 2008 – 26 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Secretary Aden Barre Duale
Seat assumed 15 Jan 2008 (may be by-election or mid-term start — confirm against official records)
Seat assumed 28 Mar 2013 (may be by-election or mid-term start — confirm against official records)
Official term may start 15 Jan 2008; floor speeches on this site begin 4 Oct 2022.
Pulse for 2022 while in office — denser squares mean more floor contributions that day. Days outside this office tenure are blank. Chair / Temporary Speaker turns are excluded. Blank days in office may mean no floor speech, a sitting not yet published, or no sitting.
Full tenure (on this site): 18 floor contributions on 2 sitting days.
18 contributions across 2 sitting days in 2022 for Cabinet Secretary Aden Barre Duale.
Aden Barre Duale is the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Health. President William Samoei Ruto appointed him to the role on 26 March 2025. In this position, he creates national health policies, manages health sector reforms, and delivers Universal Health Coverage.
Before this, he served as the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry from July 2024 to March 2025. He was also the Cabinet Secretary for Defence from October 2022 to July 2024.
Before joining the Cabinet, Mr Duale served four consecutive terms as a Member of Parliament. Voters first elected him to the National Assembly in 2007 to represent Dujis Constituency, which later became Garissa Township Constituency. He was the first Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly under the 2010 Constitution, leading the government's legislative agenda for eight years between 2013 and 2020.
Mr Duale holds a Bachelor of Education from Moi University and a Master of Business Administration from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. He also wrote an autobiography about his career in parliament and politics.
Parliamentary history
Mar 2025 – Present: Cabinet Secretary
Aug 2024 – Mar 2025: Cabinet Secretary
Oct 2022 – Jul 2024: Cabinet Secretary
Sept 2022 – Oct 2022: Member of Parliament for Garissa Township
Aug 2017 – Aug 2022: Member of Parliament for Garissa Township
Mar 2013 – Jun 2020: Leader of the Majority Party (Elected)
Mar 2013 – Aug 2017: Member of Parliament for Garissa Township
Jan 2008 – Mar 2013: Member of Parliament for Dujis
Floor contributions (18 of 18)
Speeches made as a Member in debate. Does not include turns as Speaker, Deputy Speaker, or Temporary Speaker while moderating the sitting.
National Assembly Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the people of Garissa Township and on my behalf, let me send my condolences to the family and friends of the former MP for Ainabkoi, the late Hon. Chepkut.
He was with us in the 12th Parliament, …
National Assembly Hansard — 11 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will not take much time in contributing to the Speech of the President. I have done it three times; I have contributed to the speeches of the late President Kibaki, former President Uhuru Kenyatta, and now …
National Assembly Hansard — 4 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker. I do not want to correct my former Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). But before he reads Standing Order 2B, just like Hon. Ichung’wah, can he first table the Azimio la Umoja On…
National Assembly Hansard — 4 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting
Hon. Speaker, today is a day that I will remember. Early this year, we passed the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill in a very chaotic Sitting. I am not a CS until I am approved by this august House. I remember - and the Hansard will prove …
National Assembly Hansard — 4 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting
Hon. Speaker, in this august House, you are the arbiter. You are the one who decides. Those who want to go to court can go, as Hon. Wandayi said. Article 36 of the Constitution is on the Bill of Rights. To amend it, you must go to a referen…
National Assembly Hansard — 4 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting
Hon. Speaker, you need to add me more time. In this House, my good sister Hon. Sabina Chege was the custodian of the instrument at that time. Hon. Ochieng’ will speak. Hon. Kamket will speak. Members of PAA will speak. Members of MCC will s…
National Assembly Hansard — 4 October 2022 Afternoon Sitting
I want to ask you whether the exit clause in the post-election agreement has any basis. I looked at the Political Parties Act, 2011, and there is nowhere that will stop PAA and all these other parties from exiting. Let my colleagues tell me…
On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker. I do not want to correct my former Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). But before he reads Standing Order 2B, just like Hon. Ichung’wah, can he first table the Azimio la Umoja On…
Hon. Speaker, today is a day that I will remember. Early this year, we passed the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill in a very chaotic Sitting. I am not a CS until I am approved by this august House. I remember - and the Hansard will prove …
Hon. Speaker, in this august House, you are the arbiter. You are the one who decides. Those who want to go to court can go, as Hon. Wandayi said. Article 36 of the Constitution is on the Bill of Rights. To amend it, you must go to a referen…
Hon. Speaker, you need to add me more time. In this House, my good sister Hon. Sabina Chege was the custodian of the instrument at that time. Hon. Ochieng’ will speak. Hon. Kamket will speak. Members of PAA will speak. Members of MCC will s…
I want to ask you whether the exit clause in the post-election agreement has any basis. I looked at the Political Parties Act, 2011, and there is nowhere that will stop PAA and all these other parties from exiting. Let my colleagues tell me…