Six Cabinet Secretaries Dismissed in Ruto’s Bold Restructuring Move
In a significant shake-up announced by President William Ruto today, six former Cabinet Secretaries have been relieved of their duties. The affected CSs include Susan Nakhumicha (Health), Ezekiel Machogu (Education), Mithika Linturi (Agriculture), Zachary Njeru (Water), Kipchumba Murkomen (Transport), and Eliud Owalo (ICT).
Attorney General Justin Muturi also lost his position, which has been taken over by former Trade CS Rebecca Miano. Ruto named new replacements including Debra Mulongo Barasa as the new CS for Health, Julius Ogambo (Education), Andrew Karanja (Agriculture), Davis Chirchir (Transport), Eric Muriithi (Water), and Margaret Ndung’u (ICT).
The president hinted at further changes, stating, “Further consultations are ongoing after which I will announce more names in due course.”
This decisive move follows increased protests by the Gen Z population in Kenya, reflecting widespread dissatisfaction. In his address, President Ruto explained, “Upon reflection and listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and after a holistic appraisal of the performance of my cabinet and its achievements and challenges, I have today in line with the powers given to me, I have 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.”
With Principal Secretaries now overseeing daily operations, Ruto promised to build a new team dedicated to the Kenya Kwanza administration’s critical programs. Some of the outgoing CSs had faced public criticism for alleged opulence and incompetence, making this shake-up a much-anticipated move
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Six Cabinet Secretaries Dismissed in Ruto’s Bold Restructuring Move
