President William Ruto has appointed Musalia Mudavadi as the acting cabinet secretary across all ministries.
In his recent speech, he made the appointment just days after firing almost all the cabinet secretaries from his cabinet.
In his previous speech, Ruto stated that he made the decision after numerous consultation.
“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,” he said.
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Mudavadi’s new appointment
Musalia Mudavadi was the remaining CS that retained his job. He has now received the new appointment.
According to a special Gazette Notice dated July 11, Mudavadi will take over the role of CSs in all the ministries.
“That pursuant to Article 152 (5) (a) of the Constitution, Hon. Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi, E.G.H., is assigned as the Acting Cabinet Secretary in all vacant ministerial portfolios,” the notice read.
Netizens react
Mudavadi’s appointment comes as a surprise to many citizens across the country. Some of them have seen it as a shrewd decision by the president while others have greatly condemned the act of the president. Either way, it’s only a matter of time before we learn about the next steps that are to be taken by Mudavadi.
Some of the celebrities who have shown interest in the CS seat include Khalif Kairo, Jimal Roho Safi and Stevo Simple Boy.