Previous Presidents have tended to reorganise the government during times of crisis by sending the Cabinet packing.
Perhaps the most notable incident was November 2005, when the late President Mwai Kibaki dismissed his entire Cabinet, a day after Kenyans rejected a constitution he had backed.
The debate over the new Constitution had split Kibaki's administration, with seven members of his cabinet spearheading a campaign against it.
“Following the results of the referendum, it has become necessary for me, as the President of the Republic, to reorganise my Government to make it more cohesive and better able to serve the people of Kenya,” Kibaki said.
“I have directed that the offices of all ministers and all assistant ministers become vacant. Consequently, the occupants of the said offices cease to hold their respective offices with immediate effect,” he said.
When he named his new Cabinet, Kibaki left out several key members of the previous administration who campaigned against the proposed constitution he favoured.
Some of the influential politicians not reappointed to the new team included Raila Odinga (Roads), Kalonzo Musyoka (Environment) and Anyang Nyong'o (Planning).
About 57 per cent of voters rejected the referendum, which critics had said gave Kenyans a chance to express their opinion about Kibaki’s rule, while 43 per cent supported it.
Some 3.5 million people voted against the proposed constitution, compared with 2.5 million in favour.
Then Vice President Moody Awori and Permanent Secretaries ran the government in the meantime, together with Kibaki.
The referendum dealt a blow to Kibaki’s government two years before the 2007 presidential race.
The late President Daniel arap Moi was also known to fire ministers during times of trouble.
In August 2002, Moi fired his long serving deputy, George Saitoti, in a move that was linked to wrangles within the ruling Kanu over who was to be the presidential candidate in the 2002 polls.
Saitoti, who had been Kenya's vice president for 13 years, had publicly disagreed with Moi's choice of Uhuru Kenyatta as the preferred successor.
Saitoti subsequently announced his intention to vie for the top seat.
His sacking came days after Moi dismissed two other ministers, Joseph Kamotho and Fred Gumo, for publicly criticising his choice.
Just before the sackings, Moi - who was campaigning for Uhuru- had issued a warning to critics within the ruling party.
"Everybody must toe the line or otherwise quit," he told a public rally in Mombasa.
In January 2018, Uhuru sent packing more than half of his Cabinet.
Uhuru announced only those he had retained and some of those he had nominated.
In one swoop, Uhuru dumped 13 men and women who propped his first Cabinet.
The President held the public announcement just hours after he issued a public resolve to deal decisively with the corruption menace that had afflicted his first term.