President Ruto Makes Request to Kenyans Before Nominating New Cabinet

President William Ruto has called on Kenyans to stand by him as he embarks on reconstituting his government.

Admitting that Kenya was undergoing challenges, the president restated his resolve to right things going into the future.

He was speaking on Sunday, July 14, in Nyandarua county where he attended a church service.

Figuratively speaking, at some point, Ruto asked Kenyans for prayers that he would make wise decisions while putting together a new team to effectively help him deliver his agenda to the country. 

"I am very steady. We will manage the country well until everything works. Even our mothers know it is not an easy task to deliver a baby. That is the same situation in our country. That is why you see us having these challenges as we try to deliver transformation to our country. We will soon be happy after delivering the transformation," he said.

"I want to make an effective government. Pray for me that I get a competent team that will help deliver on the promises I made to you...We can't continue being in debt; that is why I put together a team to audit our debt," he added.

On July 11, Ruto sent home all Cabinet Secretaries and Attorney General Justin Muturi, citing feedback from an unimpressed Kenyan public.

Only Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi was spared in the purge.

“I have today, in line with the powers given to me by article 152 (1) and 152 (5b) of the constitution and section 12 of the office of the Attorney General’s act, decided to dismiss with immediate effect all the Cabinet Secretaries and the Attorney General of the cabinet of Kenya except the Prime Secretary and Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the office of the Deputy President is not affected in any way,” said Ruto.

The Head of State went on to say he would be engaging in extensive consolations across different sectors and political formations to set up a new and broad-based government.

Ruto mentioned that the new government compositiom will aim at assisting him in accelerating and expediting the implementation of the Kenya Kwanza government program including other radical measures and programs to deal with the burden of debt, raising revenue, job opportunities, eliminating wastage and unnecessary duplication of government agencies and dealing with corruption.

He pointed out that the operations of government will continue uninterrupted under Principal Secretaries.

“During this process, the operations of government will continue uninterrupted under the guidance of principal secretaries and other relevant officials,” Ruto added.