The Church has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to reject six Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) from President William Ruto’s recently dissolved cabinet.
The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Nambale Diocese Bishop Isaiah Obuya has urged MPs involved in the vetting process to avoid clearing the six returning cabinet secretaries to avoid agitating the youth.
“Their names will be presented to Parliament for vetting. I ask the MPs who will be part of the vetting process not to reappoint those who were in the previous cabinet because it greatly angers Generation Z. We know that Gen Z is unhappy, and we are also unhappy.
President Ruto recently dissolved his entire cabinet, sparing only Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi.
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On Friday, July 19, 2024, Ruto began the process of forming a new, broad-based cabinet by nominating the first batch of 11 candidates.
The President retained six of his initial 22 cabinet secretaries and introduced five new nominees for consideration and approval by the National Assembly.
The returning nominees from the previous cabinet include Kithure Kindiki (Interior and National Administration), Aden Duale (Defence), Alice Wahome (Lands, Public Works, Urban Development and Housing), Soipan Tuya (Environment, Climate Change and Forestry), and Davis Chirchir (Roads and Transport). Rebecca Miano is nominated for Attorney-General, previously serving as the Investment, Trade, and Industrialization CS.
The new faces nominated to the cabinet are Dr. Debra Mulongo Barasa (Health), Julius Migosi Ogamba (Education), Andrew Mwihia Karanja (Agriculture and Livestock Development), Eric Muriithi Muuga (Water, Sanitation and Irrigation), and Margaret Nyambura Ndung’u (Information, Communication and Digital Economy).
