Former Defence Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale has thanked President William Ruto for the opportunity to serve as a CS.
Taking to his X account, Duale said he was deeply honoured.
"I extend my heartfelt gratitude to His Excellency President William Ruto for entrusting me with the role of Cabinet Secretary for Defence in the first Kenya Kwanza Administration," he said.
"I am deeply honoured and will forever be indebted to him and the people of Kenya for this opportunity to serve our great nation. As the Quran says, But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners” (Quran 8:30)."
On Thursday, Ruto dissolved his Cabinet, sending home all Cabinet Secretaries and Attorney General.
The decision does not affect Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
"I have decided to dismiss with immediate effect all cabinet secretaries and attorney general of the Cabinet of Kenya except the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs," Ruto said.
"And of course, the office of the Deputy President is not affected in any way."
The president said the affairs of the Ministries will henceforth be coordinated by Principal Secretaries until a definitive cabinet is appointed.
The Head of State said the new cabinet will be named after extensive consultations across all sectors.
"I will immediately engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations, to set up a broad-based government that will assist me in accelerating and expediting the necessary, urgent and irreversible, implementation of radical programmes to deal with the burden of debt, raise domestic resources, expanding job opportunities, eliminate wastage and unnecessary duplication of a multiplicity of government agencies and slay the dragon of corruption consequently making the government lean, inexpensive, effective and efficient," Ruto said.
