Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed public concerns about the Cabinet reshuffle made by President William Ruto.
Gachagua said the reorganization was a normal one, within Ruto’s mandate, to optimize and enhance service delivery in his administration.
“Reshuffles have always been conducted over the years. The president has the mandate to set up his government. He is the one who made the appointments and placed them in the respective dockets and in the interest of service delivery he saw it fit to effect some changes,”
Gachagua asserted that the reassignments were made by weighing the strengths of the respective Cabinet Secretaries, and there was no issue with the CS for Lands and Water switching roles.
“I don’t think the president has made any mistake by pointing at those individuals. If there was something wrong he would have sacked them. It is all about reorganizing his government,” he said.
Gachagua also dismissed the perception that the reshuffle only targeted the Mt Kenya region, noting that all key dockets initially handed to the region are still intact.
President Ruto expanded the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary to include the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, headed by Musalia Mudavadi.
Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria was moved to the newly reconstituted Ministry of Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management.
His Foreign and Diaspora Affairs counterpart Alfred Mutua was reassigned to the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife.
Ruto established a new docket for the Ministry of Gender, Culture, the Arts and Heritage, headed by Aisha Jumwa.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs, the Arts and Sports was reconstituted and renamed to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, while Ababu Namwamba remained under Ababu Namwamba.
Rebecca Miano will replace Kuria at the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, leaving the Ministry of East African Community, the ASALs and Regional Development to Peninah Malonza.
