President William Ruto has on Thursday dismissed all his cabinet secretaries except Musalia Mudavadi except the Prime Cabinet Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi.
In a State of The nation addressed, President Ruto announced that only the offices of the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and the Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi were unaffected.
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According to the President, the move was in line with the demands made by Kenyans during the recent nationwide demonstrations by the Gen Z demanding to sack his imcompetent cabinet.
“Upon reflection and listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and after holistic appraisal of the performance of my Cabinet and its achievements and challenges.”
The head of state directed that moving forward after dissolving his entire cabinet, the Principal Secretaries within the respective Ministries to take charge and make critical decisions in their decisions.
“I have today in line with the powers given to me decided to dismiss with immediate effect all the CSs and AG except the PCS and CS for Foreign Affairs and the office of the DP is not affected in any way.”
The President noted that he will start engagements across different sectors and political formations including Kenyans in both private and public sectors to set up a broad base government.
“During this process, the operations of government will continue uninterrupted under the guidance of Principal Secretaries and other relevant officials. I will be announcing additional measures in due course.”
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This comes as a second time a Head of State is making a decision to dismiss his entire cabinet, with the first decision made by Mwai Kibaki in 2005 to send his entire cabinet home.