Sent to the forest: Why Ruto dropped Duale nomination from Defence docket
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President William Ruto with former Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale during the Kenya Air Force 60th Anniversary celebrations held on June 8, 2024, at the Moi Air Base.
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While nominating his half of the Cabinet secretaries on Friday, President Ruto had named Mr Duale as Defence CS while Ms Tuya was the nominee for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry.
But barely four days after their appointment, the President pulled a surprise move that sources have linked to the inner workings of the Defence Ministry.
President William Ruto surprised the nation on Tuesday when he swapped Ms Soipan Tuya and Mr Aden Duale as nominees for Cabinet Secretary for Defence and Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, respectively.
He did this in a note to the National Assembly seeking parliamentary approval for the first 11 nominees he named last week. At the same time, the President omitted the name of Attorney-General nominee Rebecca Miano from the list he forwarded to Parliament for vetting, but it was not immediately clear why her name was omitted.
