Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Wisleyy Rotich has reorganised his cabinet, with key dockets affected by the changes.
The governor said the changes were necessitated by the need to improve services.
Monica Jeptum, who was the county executive for public service management, has been moved to health services, replacing Michael Kibiwott who was moved to sports department.
According to the governor, the changes were aimed at bolstering efficiency.
“The changes have been made to improve services. My administration’s priority is to ensure our people receive better services,” he said Rotich.
Five out of the 10 county executive committee members were affected in the reshuffle. In a statement, the governor moved Edwin Kibor from education and technical training to agriculture, livestock and irrigation to replace Edwin Seroney, who was moved to public service management.
He reassigned Purity Koima from the sports department to the education and technical training docket.
RETAINED CECs
Jason Lagat (water and environment), Emmy Kosgei (roads), Robert Kangogo (tourism), Thomas Maiyo (lands) and Alpheus Tanui (finance) retained their respective positions.
Rotich said his administration is focused on sustaining the fight against poverty, diseases and illiteracy.
The county has focused on economic empowerment projects, especially in agriculture.
More than three-quarters of residents depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.
“We have introduced many of our families to crop diversification instead of reliance on maize and same crops over the years. Our farmers are now growing high-earning crops like pyrethrum and tea,” Rotich said.
The governor said he had confidence in his executives to continue delivering on their mandate of ensuring they serve residents in a better way.
“The changes are aimed at giving
each of them an opportunity to
perform even better in whichever
dockets they have been assigned,”
Rotich said.
