Kenyan President Ruto dissolves cabinet

President
William
Ruto
has
dissolved
his
Cabinet,
sending
home
all
Cabinet
Secretaries
and
Attorney
General.

The
decision
does
not
affect
Prime
Cabinet
Secretary
Musalia
Mudavadi.

“I
have
decided
to
dismiss
with
immediate
effect
all
cabinet
secretaries
and
attorney
general
of
the
Cabinet
of
Kenya
except
the
Prime
Cabinet
Secretary
and
Cabinet
Secretary
for
Foreign
Affairs,”
Ruto
said.

“And
of
course,
the
office
of
the
Deputy
President
is
not
affected
in
any
way.”

The
president
said
the
affairs
of
the
Ministries
will
henceforth
be
coordinated
by
Principal
Secretaries
until
a
definitive
cabinet
is
appointed.

The
Head
of
State
said
the
new
cabinet
will
be
named
after
extensive
consultations
across
all
sectors.

“I
will
immediately
engage
in
extensive
consultations
across
different
sectors
and
political
formations,
with
the
aim
of
setting
up
a
broad-based
government
that
will
assist
me
in
accelerating
and
expediting
the
necessary,
urgent
and
irreversible,
implementation
of
radical
programmes
to
deal
with
the
burden
of
debt,
raising
domestic
resources,
expanding
job
opportunities,
eliminate
wastage
and
unnecessary
duplication
of
a
multiplicity
of
government
agencies
and
slay
the
dragon
of
corruption
consequently
making
the
government
lean,
inexpensive,
effective
and
efficient,”
Ruto
said.

He
added
that
with
the
CS
out
of
office,
ministry
accounting
officers
among
other
officials
will
now
take
charge
of
operations.

“The
operations
of
government
will
continue
uninterrupted
under
the
guidance
of
Principal
Secretaries
and
other
relevant
officials.”

President
Ruto
said
he
will
be
announcing
additional
measures
in
due
course.

The
fired
Cabinet
Secretaries
have
been
in
office
for
barely
two
years.

In
October
2023,
Ruto
announced
a
reshuffle
that
affected
at
least
eight
ministries.