Duale, Alice Wahome among 11 CS nominees named by President Ruto

19 July 2024

• Duale is a nominee for the Defence department.

President William Ruto has nominated 11 cabinet secretaries for his government.

The nomination comes weeks after the President sacked his entire cabinet save from Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.

Here is the list of the newly nominated CSs

Kithure Kindiki -Interior and National Administration

Debra Mulongo Barasa -Ministry of Health

Aden Duale- Defence

Davis Chirchir- Roads and Transport

Soipan Tuya - Environment and Forestry

Eric Muga -Water, Sanitation & Irrigation

Julius Migosi - Education

In a gazette notice released Wednesday 17th July 2024, the President highlighted reasons that informed his decision to send home his entire Cabinet.

In a gazette notice dated July 12, Ruto said among the reasons was his exercising the presidential prerogative as the Head of State and Government to continuously review the capacity of members of his Cabinet, State Departments and State Agencies to ensure they deliver on the national aspirations.

The President further said he was exercising the authority bestowed upon him by Article 131, as read together with Article 132 of the Constitution, in which he is duty-bound to promote good governance in the management of public affairs.

The decision, he said, was further prompted by the critical need to better equip and orientate the government in its implementation of the Bottom Up Economic Transformation Agenda.

In the gazette notice, Ruto repeated what he said while announcing the dismissal of the CSs where he said he had reflected and listened keenly to what Kenyans had said in light of the mass protests.

He said he was cognizant of “the overwhelming feedback of the people of Kenya on the responsiveness of Government in the performance of its functions”.