President Uhuru Kenyatta has reshuffled his cabinet and dropped two ministers (cabinet secretaries).
Dropped are Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri and Henry Rotich who has been in charge of the National Treasury.
Rotich was recently charged with corruption in a dam deal gone bad, while Kiunjuri was involved in Vice President William Ruto politics of succession.
In a State of the Nation Address in Mombasa Tuesday, Uhuru Kenyatta also announced that he has brought in some new nominees, some below 30, in key positions in the ministries, that he has also made changes to.
“I would want Kenyans to note that seven of these appointments to the positions of Chief Administrative Secretaries are young people and some below the age of 30 years. These Chief Administrative Secretaries will work with, and understudy their more experienced colleagues in Government with the aim of readying themselves to assume senior leadership positions in the near future,” he said.
He added that, “I expect that these young trainee ministers, so to speak, will model to their fellow young people the high ideals of patriotism, excellency in public service and most of all, integrity. I congratulate them for this appointment and look forward to working with them.”
CHANGES
1. Moved the State Department of Cooperatives from Ministry of Industrialization, Trade, Enterprise Development and Cooperatives to Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and renamed them as;
i) Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development and;
ii) Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives.
2. Moved the State Department of Youth Affairs from Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs to Ministry of ICT and Innovations and renamed the Ministries as;
i) Ministry of Public Service and Gender and;
ii) ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs.
Nomination for consideration by the National Assembly;
1. Hon Mutahi Kagwe, Cabinet Secretary for Health;
2. Ms Betty Chemutai Maina, Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization;
3. Amb Johnson Weru, Principal Secretary for Trade;
4. Dr Jwan Ouma, Principal Secretary for Vocational & Technical Training;
5. Mrs Mary Kimonye, Principal Secretary for Public Service;
6. Amb Simon Nabukwesi, Principal Secretary for University Education and Research;
7. Mr Solomon Kitungu, Principal Secretary for Transport and
8. Mr Enoch Momanyi Onyango, Principal Secretary for Physical Planning.
