Hon. Mutahi Kagwe is the Cabinet Secretary for Health in the Republic of Kenya. He assumed office on 28 February 2020 after the docket was handed over to him by former cabinet secreatry for Health, Ms Sicily Kariuki He hit the airwaves at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic when the first case was confirmed in Nairobi on12th March 2020 following the outbreak in China in December 2019. As the pandemic intensified, the government of Kenya imposed lockdowns in virus hotspot areas, dusk-to-dawn curfews, travel bans and other restrictions to try to contain the spread of COVID-19.