Nineteen Cabinet Secretaries have been sworn in at State House on Tuesday morning August 8.
President William Ruto officially gazetted the appointment of 19 CSs in their respective dockets in line with Article 152 (2) of the Constitution which grants the head of state the power to nominate and appoint the CSs after approval of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly Committee conducted a four-day vetting exercise to determine whether the CSs were fit to hold office.
The committee submitted a report approving all CSs except Gender CS nominee Soi Langat.
The Cabinet Secretaries who received approval by the Committee 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) and Hassan Joho (Mining and Blue Economy).
Others include John Mbadi (Treasury), 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).
National Assembly Majority Leader, Kimani Ichung’wa noted that Langat failed to demonstrate her knowledge of the docket she was nominated to.
Ichung’wah further stated that she did not adequately respond to issues that touched on the ministry such as Gender, Culture, 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,” noted Majority Leader Ichung’wah.
The rest of CS nominees including East African Community Affairs (EAC) CS nominee Beatrice Askul Moe and Attorney General Nominee Dorcas Oduor will be vetted on Friday, August 9.
