Follow the labelled direction of each relationship. Accountability, appointment, membership and independence have different meanings. Officially published evidence retains its legal and date limits; current applicability is shown separately.
MinistersDirected by →President
The office-level rule is preserved without inferring current officeholders; the 2025 Act adds a pre-election vacancy rule.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
A minister performs policy and strategic direction functions under the President’s direction.
Evidence location: Article 116(2)
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 17 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.
CabinetHeaded by →President
Vice-President or a designated/elected Cabinet member may preside under the stated conditions.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The President presides at Cabinet meetings, with specified substitutes during absence.
Evidence location: Article 115(4)
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 17 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.
Public ServiceHeaded by →Secretary to the Cabinet
Explicit institutional relationship in the cited source; no reporting line or current legal certification inferred.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The Secretary to the Cabinet is head of the Public Service.
Evidence location: Article 176(2)(b)
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 17 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.
JudiciaryIndependent of →Executive
Constitutional functional independence; selected 2016 text, not an exhaustive current-law opinion.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
Judicial functions are subject to the Constitution and law, free from outside direction or interference.
Evidence location: Article 122(1)–(3)
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 17 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.
JudiciaryIndependent of →Legislature
Constitutional functional independence; selected 2016 text, not an exhaustive current-law opinion.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
Judicial functions are subject to the Constitution and law, free from outside direction or interference.
Evidence location: Article 122(1)–(3)
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 17 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.
Secretary to the CabinetResponsible to →President
Specific public-service efficiency responsibility; no wider personal reporting assertion.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The Secretary is responsible to the President for the general efficiency of the Public Service.
Evidence location: Article 176(2)(b)
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 17 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.