Vice President and other MinistersAssigned functions by →President
Assignment is distinct from appointment.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The President assigns these officers departments or other government business.
Evidence location: Section 56(5), PDF page 32 (printed 31)
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
CabinetCollectively responsible to →Parliament
Exceptions: ministerial appointments/removals/responsibility assignment, mercy, and section 66 prosecutorial powers. This is not a universal reporting line.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
Cabinet bears collective parliamentary responsibility for advice and ministerial acts, subject to the stated exceptions.
Evidence location: Section 60(1)–(2), PDF page 33 (printed 32)
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Vice President and other MinistersDirected by →President
Confined to assigned departments and government business; section 56(6) reserves departments the President determines.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The provision places these officers under presidential direction in their assigned government responsibilities.
Evidence location: Section 56(5), PDF page 32 (printed 31)
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Government department assigned to a MinisterDirected by →Responsible Minister
Generic statutory office relationship; no individual ministry/person mapping inferred.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The responsible Minister directs and controls the assigned government department.
Evidence location: Section 62, PDF page 33 (printed 32)
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Government department assigned to a MinisterSupervised by →Permanent Secretary
One Permanent Secretary may supervise multiple departments; no one-to-one mapping assumed.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
A Permanent Secretary supervises the department, subject to ministerial direction.
Evidence location: Section 62, PDF page 33 (printed 32)
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.