President William Ruto of Kenya has disbanded his Cabinet, removing all Cabinet Secretaries and the Attorney General from their roles, with the exception of 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 announced that the Ministries’ affairs will now be coordinated by Principal Secretaries until a new cabinet is appointed. He stated that the formation of the new cabinet will follow extensive consultations across all sectors.
“I will immediately engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations, with the aim of setting 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, raising 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 stated.
He added that with the CS out of office, ministry accounting officers among other officials will now take charge of operations.
“The operations of government will continue uninterrupted under the guidance of Principal Secretaries and other relevant officials.”
President Ruto indicated that he will announce further measures in due course.
The dismissed Cabinet Secretaries had been in office for just under two years.
In October 2023, Ruto announced a reshuffle that impacted at least eight ministries.
