Eleven sacked Cabinet Secretaries appear to be the major political casualties in President William Ruto’s Cabinet shake-up triggered by youth-led protests after he failed to nominate them back in the second batch announced Wednesday.
Former CSs whose fate appears sealed include Njuguna Ndung’u (National Treasury and Planning), Ezekiel Machogu (Education), Aisha Jumwa (Gender, Culture, the Arts & Heritage), Moses Kuria (Public Service, Performance & Delivery Management), Zachariah Mwangi Njeru (Water, Sanitation & Irrigation) and Mithika Linturi (Agriculture and Livestock Development).
Others are Ababu Namwamba (Youth Affairs and Sports), Simon Chelugui
President Ruto names Joho, Murkomen, Mbadi and more in second batch of Cabinet nominees
In Luo Nyanza, where Mr Owalo was the only CS, ODM Chairman John Mbadi (National Treasury) and National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi (Energy and Petroleum) have been nominated to the Cabinet as a result of a political pact between Dr Ruto and Mr Odinga.
Mr Mbadi will take over the portfolio previously held by Prof Njuguna. Mr Owalo's ICT portfolio has since been taken over by Dr Margaret Nyambura Ndung'u, who was nominated by the President in the first batch.
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