Lerte Tellah – Nairobi
As part of the broad-based government, 19 Cabinet Secretaries that President William Ruto selected were sworn in on Thursday morning, August 8.
19 CSs were formally appointed and gazetted in their respective dockets by President Ruto.
The Committee on Appointments of the National Assembly held a four-day screening process to ascertain the suitability of the CSs for their positions.
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).
Majority Leader of the National Assembly Kimani Ichung’wah stated that Langat was unable to prove that she was familiar with the docket for which she was nominated on Wednesday when she presented the report to Parliament.
Ichung’wah drew attention to the fact that she did not sufficiently address matters pertaining to the ministry, such as gender, culture, the 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.
