Big win for President Ruto as MPs give him leeway to appoint CAS without limit
President William Ruto and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a group photo with the newly sworn-in Chief Administrative Secretaries at State House, Nairobi on March 23, 2023.
The CAS will be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the PSC.
The role of CASs according to the Bill will be liaising with Parliament on behalf of the CSs.
MPs have beaten a hasty retreat on their recommendation capping the number of Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) and instead given President William Ruto the leeway to appoint as many of them as possible after “reconsidering” a proposed Bill.
This even as Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo, in a dissenting opinion, a minority report tabled in the House, opposed the creation of the positions saying they will be a burden to the already overtaxed Kenyans.
