Former Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has responded after being excluded from President William Ruto’s latest list of CS nominees.
This announcement comes as President Ruto revealed the second batch of 10 appointees. The first batch included 11 nominees.
Kuria expressed gratitude to former CS Festus Mwangi for taking him out to lunch after his dismissal, noting that he had done the same for Mwangi when he was previously fired from the cabinet.
“On 14th January 2020 my friend Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri was fired from Cabinet. On that day I took him out for lunch. Today my brother has returned that favour. It was a good lunch. Asante Mwangi,” Kuria said.
On Wednesday, President Ruto released the final list of his Cabinet nominees, weeks after dismissing his entire cabinet except for Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
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The new nominees are as follows:
- National Treasury: John Mbadi
- Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports: Kipchumba Murkomen
- Cooperatives and MSME Development: Wycliffe Oparanya
- Gender, Culture, Arts and Heritage: Stella Langa’t
- Tourism and Wildlife: Rebecca Miano
- Energy and Petroleum: Opiyo Wandayi
- Public Service: Justin Muturi
- Investments, Trade and Industry: Salim Mvurya
- Labour and Social Protection: Alfred Mutua
- Mining and Blue Economy: Hassan Joho
However, Ruto did not name nominees for Attorney General and East African Community and ASAL.
Last week, President Ruto named the first batch of nominees, which included:
- 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 Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development: Alice Wahome
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development: Dr. Andrew Karanja
- Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy: Dr. Margaret Ndungu
Initially, Miano was nominated as Attorney General but was later reassigned to the Tourism docket. On Tuesday, President Ruto made further adjustments, moving Duale to the Environment Docket and Tuya to the Defence Ministry. Miano’s name was not resubmitted for vetting as Attorney General.
On July 11, President Ruto dissolved his Cabinet, sending home all Cabinet Secretaries and the Attorney General. He announced that Principal Secretaries would coordinate the ministries’ affairs until a new cabinet was appointed. Mudavadi was appointed acting CS in all ministries during this interim period.
