By Benjamin Muriuki, NAIROBI Kenya
President of Kenya, William Ruto has fired all Cabinet (Secretaries) Ministers and the Attorney General with immediate effect.
Kenya has seen three weeks of unrest in which youthful protesters stormed into parliament on June 25 after a finance bill that increased taxes was passed.
More than 30 people died in the protests, which have morphed into calls for the president to resign.
Addressing the Nation from State House Nairobi Thursday afternoon, President Ruto (pictured above) said the only office that will not be affected is that of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
President Ruto said he had resolved to dissolve his Cabinet "upon reflection, listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and after a holistic appraisal of the performance of the cabinet and its achievements and challenges."
"I have, in line with the powers given to me by Article 152(1) and 152(5)(b) of the Constitution and Section 12 of the Office of the Attorney-General Act, decided to dismiss with immediate effect all the Cabinet Secretaries and the Attorney-General from the Cabinet of the Republic of Kenya except the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs," said Ruto.
Principal Secretaries (PS') will oversee daily government operations following the dissolution of Cabinet.
The Head of State noted that, in the meantime, he will immediately engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations, with the aim of setting up a "broad-based government" and one that is "lean, inexpensive, effective and efficient."
He promised to assemble a new team that would assist him in implementing "radical programmes to deal with the burden of debt, raising domestic resources, expanding job opportunities, eliminate wastage and unnecessary duplication of a multiplicity of government agencies and slay the dragon of corruption."
This comes barely two years since he officially appointed the 24-member Cabinet on October 26, 2022
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