Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale now says that he is proud to be part of a Cabinet that reflects the face of Kenya.
Speaking at CS John Mbadi’s homecoming in Magunga, Homa Bay county, Duale said the current Cabinet is a reflection of the political, religious and ethnic diversity of the country.
He said this is a promise President William Ruto has lived up to since he took office in September 2022.
“Your Excellency, I want to tell the people of Kenya one thing, as a person who has worked with you closely for more than 20 years. When you took the oath of office and were given the instruments of power, from day one, you made it your agenda to unite the people of Kenya," Duale stated.
“Today, Aden Duale, I am so proud that I sit in a Cabinet that reflects all shades of the political, social, and ethnic divide that has never happened in the Republic of Kenya.”
He went on to say that this move will be remembered as President Ruto’s legacy.
“You will be remembered and that is your legacy. You said 2027 is not an agenda for you.”
On July 11, 2024, Ruto dismissed his entire Cabinet in a state address made at State House, Nairobi.
In the dismissal, only the Prime Cabinet Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi who also serves as Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary, as well as Secretary to the Cabinet Mercy Wanjau were spared.
He would reconstitute the Cabinet a few weeks later, this time around including at least five members from the Opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement.
The President dropped at 11 CS, reappointing 10 from his first Cabinet.
Most of those re-appointed were reshuffled to new dockets save for Prof Kithure Kindiki who remained in his Interior docket and Alice Wahome who returned to the Ministry of Lands.
