Musalia Mudavadi, the prime cabinet secretary, has been gazetted as the acting CS for all ministries by President William Ruto.
The notification in the gazette is dated July 12. The President disbanded his Cabinet last Monday, sending the Attorney General and 21 Cabinet members home.
Mudavadi, the CS for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, was the only one to make it through the purge.
Protests against the government put pressure on the authorities to fire the CSs.
Ruto had stated that the purpose of sending the CSs home was to facilitate the establishment of an opposition-led “broad-based government.”
“That in accordance with Article 152 (5) (b) of the constitution, the Cabinet secretaries listed below have been dismissed from office as stated, namely […]” the notice reads, before listing all the former CSs starting with Kithure Kindiki (Interior).
From now on, Mudavadi will supervise all ministries, while principal secretaries handle the majority of the duties at hand.
The notice stated, “That Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is assigned as the acting Cabinet Secretary in all vacant ministerial portfolios pursuant to Article 152 (5) (a) of the Constitution.”
Additionally, the notice upholds the Attorney General’s dismissal.
“That in accordance with Section 12 (1) of the Office of the Attorney General Act (Chapter 6A, Laws of Kenya), the appointment of Hon. Justin B N Muturi, EGH as the AttorneyGeneral is rescinded,” it said.
Ruto claimed to have taken action following a thorough evaluation of the Cabinet’s performance when he announced the dismissal of the CSs.
He declared that in order to find people who can help him hasten Kenya’s change, he will confer with representatives of all political parties and sectors.
According to Ruto, he is eager to put radical programs into place to address issues with jobs, domestic resources, corruption, debt, and waste in government.
Additionally, he allayed concerns that the government’s operations would be disrupted by stating that the PSs, or principal accounting officers for ministries, would continue to be in charge.
Major ministerial decisions will now proceed without hindrance, with Mudavadi serving as the CS.
“Principal secretaries and other pertinent officials will oversee the government’s operations throughout this process,” he declared.
“I understand that the Kenyan people have high expectations of me and that this administration can carry out the most significant transformation in our country’s history, even with the progress we have made.”
According to Ruto, the government has significantly increased food production by bringing down the price of farm inputs, which has decreased the cost of both food and life.
