Who runs government in Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, South Africa and Ethiopia
137 national offices and 103 ministers across 5 governments, counted from official pages.
By PollsAfrica, 10 Oct 2026
Our government directory lists 137 published national offices across 5 countries. Of those, 103 are ministerial posts: the cabinet secretaries and ministers who run departments. South Africa has the largest cabinet in the directory with 32 ministerial posts.
Published offices and ministers by country
Teal bar: all published national offices. Orange bar: ministerial posts within them.
| Country | Offices tracked | Ministers | Directory |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 40 | 32 | Open South Africa |
| Uganda | 36 | 26 | Open Uganda |
| Ethiopia | 27 | 22 | Open Ethiopia |
| Kenya | 29 | 22 | Open Kenya |
| Ghana | 5 | 1 | Open Ghana |
Ministers here means cabinet and ministerial posts. Heads of state and government, deputies, speakers, chief justices, electoral commission chairs, central bank governors, attorneys general and chief whips are counted as offices but not as ministers.
How we compiled this
Each record in the directory was collected from an official government page and checked against that page before publication. Only published records are counted; records still awaiting a re-check are left out. The latest retrieval date among the counted records is 9 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page is calculated from the directory data when the site is built.
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Sources
South Africa: gov.za, parliament.gov.za, judiciary.org.za, elections.org.za, resbank.co.za | Uganda: statehouse.go.ug, judiciary.go.ug, ec.or.ug, bou.or.ug | Ethiopia: pmo.gov.et, fsc.gov.et, nebe.org.et, nbe.gov.et | Kenya: president.go.ke, parliament.go.ke, judiciary.go.ke, centralbank.go.ke | Ghana: judicial.gov.gh, parliament.gh, ec.gov.gh, bog.gov.gh