Return of CASs? Anxiety as House team proposes posts capped at 22
National Assembly's Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, chaired by Tharaka MP Gitonga Murugara (right) and his vice chair Mwengi Mutuse during the Justice & Legal committee meeting in 2022.
A Parliamentary committee has approved the creation of the position of chief administrative secretary (CAS), but capped the number at 22, spelling doom for more than 50 politicians whose appointments were nullified by the courts.
The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, in its report on consideration of the National Government Administration Laws (Amendment) Bill 2023, has also approved increasing the number of representatives of the president-elect in the Assumption of the Office of President team.
