By Brian Kimani, NAIROBI Kenya
Kenya’s nineteen Cabinet
Secretaries who were appointed by President William Ruto have been sworn in on
Thursday morning, August 8, as part of the broad-based government. John Mbadi (Treasury)
President Ruto officially
gazetted the appointment of 19 CSs in their respective dockets in line with
Article 152 (2) of the Constitution which grants the head of state the power to
nominate and appoint the CSs after approval of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly's
Committee on Appointments conducted a four-day vetting exercise to determine
whether the CSs were fit to hold office.
Thereafter, they submitted a
report, approving all CSs save for Gender CS nominee Soi Langat.
Cabinet Secretaries who
received the Committee's nod include Kithure Kindiki (Interior), Soipan Tuya
(Defence), Aden Duale (Environment), Davis Chirchir (Transport), Kipchumba
Murkomen (Sports), Rebecca Miano (Tourism), Alfred Mutua (Labour), Justin Muturi
(Public Service), Hassan Ali Joho (Mining and Blue Economy) and John Mbadi
(Treasury).
Other CSs include Opiyo
Wandayi (Energy), Wycliffe Oparanya (Cooperatives and MSMEs), Eric Muuga
(Water), Alice Wahome (Lands), Debra Barasa (Health), Andrew Karanja
(Agriculture), Salim Mvurya (Trade), Julius Ogamba (Education) and Margaret
Nyambura (ICT).
While tabling the report
before Parliament on Wednesday, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani
Ichung'wah said that Langat failed to demonstrate her knowledge of the
docket she was nominated to.
Ichung'wah pointed out that
she did not adequately respond to issues that touched on the ministry such as
Gender, Culture, Arts and Heritage.
"Stella Soi Langat is a
career civil servant who has extensive experience in public service but did not
demonstrate an adequate understanding of the Gender docket to which she has
been nominated and the committee saw her unsuitable for appointment to that
docket," Ichung'wah said on Wednesday.
East African Community Affairs
(EAC) CS nominee Beatrice Askul Moe and Attorney General nominee Dorcas Oduor
will be vetted on Friday, August 9.
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