President William Ruto has officially submitted to Parliament names of the 11 Cabinet nominees for consideration and approval by the House.
The list was conveyed to the House by Speaker Moses Wetang’ula as Parliament resumed sittings after a month-long break.
“I wish to convey to the House that I have received a message from His Excellency the President, notifying the nomination of various persons for appointment to the Offices of Cabinet Secretaries,” he said.
“In the message, Honourable Members, His Excellency the President conveys that, in exercise of powers conferred on him by Articles 152(2) of the Constitution, as read together with sections 3 and 5 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, he nominates various persons for appointment to the aforementioned offices.”
President William Ruto on July 19 named half the members of his Cabinet a week after sending home 21 of his previous Cabinet save for Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
Among the 11 nominees were six faces who served in the disbanded Cabinet.
They include Aden Duale of Defence who was initially nominated back to the same docket before the President swapped him with Soipan Tuya of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry.
The others are Kithure Kindiki (Interior), Davis Chirchir (Roads and Transport) and Alice Wahome (Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development).
The new faces are Eric Muriithi Muuga (Water, Sanitation and Irrigation), Margaret Nyambura Ndung'u (Information, Communication and the Digital Economy), Debra Mlongo Barasa (Health), Julius Migos Ogamba (Education) and Andrew Mwihia Karanja (Agriculture and Livestock Development).
Ruto also appointed former Trade and Industry CS Rebecca Miano for the post of Attorney General but her name was not among those submitted to Parliament for consideration and approval.
Wetang’ula said he will forward names of the 10 nominees and their curriculum vitae to the Committee on Appointments of the House for consideration.
“The Committee on Appointments is expected to immediately notify the nominees and the general public, commence the necessary approval hearings and table its report in the House soonest, to enable the House consider the nominees within the stipulated timelines,” the Speaker said.
He said that the committee is expected, pursuant to section 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, to consider the matter and table a report in the House within 28 days.
“It is therefore imperative that the Committee on Appointments immediately commences the process of consideration of the nominees,” Wetang’ula said.
