NAIROBI, (KE):- Kenyan President William Ruto Friday announced the nomination of ten (10) cabinet secretaries and a new Attorney General for his government, weeks after the President sacked his entire cabinet over the mass protests.
In a televised address, Ruto announced 11 appointments to what he had promised would be a broad-based unity government and said other nominations would follow soon.
“I’m continuing to take consultations across political divides on the balance of the remaining cabinet. Further consultations are ongoing after which I will announce more names in due course,” said Ruto on Friday afternoon.
“Additionally, I will be issuing clear assignments for the new cabinet next week,” he added.
In some of the notable nominations, President Ruto retained Aden Duale and Kithure Kindiki, his political allies, as Defence and Interior Ministers, respectively alongside Alice Wahome who bounces back as the minister of lands and Soipan Tuya as the environment minister.
Former energy minister Davis Chirchir has been moved to the Transport Ministry while former trade minister Rebecca Miano has been appointed the attorney general.
Ruto also re-appointed Kithure Kindiki as interior minister, Aden Duale as defence minister and Soipan Tuya as environment minister. He also changed the portfolios of two other ministers and brought five new faces including Debra Mulongo (health), Julius Migosi (education), Andrew Karanja (agriculture), Mureithi Miga (water), and Margaret Ndung’u (ICT).
Below is the full list of Ruto’s newly nominated Cabinet Secretaries and the AG
- Ministry of the Interior and National Administration – Kithure Kindiki
- Ministry of Health – Debra Mulongo Barasa
- Ministry of Defence- Aden Duale
- Ministry of Roads and Transport – Davis Chirchir
- Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry – Soipan Tuya
- Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation – Eric Muga
- Ministry of Education- Julius Migosi
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development- Andrew Muhia Karanja
- Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development – Alice Wahome
- Ministry of Agriculture and LivestockDevelopment- Dr Andrew Karanja
- Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy- Dr Margaret Ndungu
- Rebecca Miano – Attorney General
The nomination comes weeks after the President sacked his entire cabinet save from Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
The protests have resulted in more than 50 deaths since mid-June and left Ruto caught between pressure from lenders to pay down high debts and a public reeling from high living costs.
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