Muturi, the former Attorney General, hails from Embu County, which is part of the Mount Kenya East region where Kindiki is seeking to assert his political authority.
Muturi’s continued stay in Cabinet had become a thorn in the government and posed a threat to Kindiki’s efforts to consolidate his Mount Kenya East backyard.
The former National Assembly Speaker is a political heavyweight from Embu County who has considerable influence.
Kindiki, on Wednesday joined by CS for public service nominee Geoffrey Ruku in his Mbeere North constituency just hours before the news was broken.
The DP’s presence lifted the lid on his desire to solidify his support in Mount Kenya East following Muturi’s exit from the government.
“Revitalizing agriculture for better productivity and higher returns for farmers requires a steep increase in land under irrigation across the Country,’’ Kindiki said.
He spoke during an impromptu inspection of the progress of works on the Sh258 million Kanyuambora irrigation project in Mbeere North Constituency.
Over the week, Kindiki had a raft of meetings in Nairobi to plan President Ruto’s tour of the region next week.
While some meetings were made public, some were not publicised as Kindiki planned Ruto’s tour of the Mount Kenya region, the first in six months.
He attended at least two key meetings at State House that brought together elected and appointed leaders from the Mount Kenya region to lay the ground for the visit.
On Monday, Kindiki was at State House when Ruto met governors, Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries from the Mount Kenya region.
On March 20, he joined President Ruto for consultations with MPs representing Mount Kenya region constituencies on diverse areas of partnership and collaboration between the Government and the people's representatives.
The meeting discussed the implementation of priority development projects and programmes initiated by the Kenya Kwanza Administration.
This week, on Monday, Kindiki attended a meeting between the President and the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al Nahyan and Investment Minister Mohammed Hassan Al Suwaidi.
Ruto said then that the relations between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates have developed significantly over the years, culminating in the signing of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in January 2025.
On Wednesday, Kindiki was not present when President Ruto hosted leaders from Western Kenya at State House, Nairobi, for a consultative forum over development projects.
“The agreement has further strengthened economic cooperation between our two countries, significantly expanding trade and investment opportunities for both nations.”
