President Uhuru Kenyatta when he was endorsed by Ababu Namwamba for a second term on May 29, 2017. |
Election losers and women won big after President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed them to the Cabinet in changes announced on Friday.
The president also created a new position known as Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS).
"Chief
Administrative Secretary will broadly be responsible for helping CS to
coordinate running of affairs in respective ministries," Uhuru said.
Amina Mohamed was appointed Education CS replacing Fred Matiang'i who has been appointed as the Interior Cabinet Secretary.
Matiangi
will be assisted by Chief Administrative Secretary Patrick Ntutu
(ex-Narok Senator) while Karanja Kbicho was named principal secretary.
Rachel Omamo has been retained at the Defence ministry; Cecil Kariuki has been moved to the Health portfolio.
Amb Monica Juma was nominated to the Foreign Affairs docket replacing Amina.
Ababu Namwamba will be Juma's Chief Administrative Secretary and Macharia Kamau the Principal Secretary.
Rachel
Shebesh will join Cabinet, if the name is approved by Parliament, as
Youth CAS. PSC chair Magaret Kobia was nominated to the Youth and Gender
docket.
The Youth and Gender PS will be Lilian Omolo.
John
Munyes has been nominated the Petroleum and Mining CS, the PS will be
Andrew Kamau while Chief Administrative Secretary will be announced
later.
The Ministry of Devolution will be headed by
Eugene Wamalwa, CAS will be Hussein Dado, while Nelson Marwa will be the
principal secretary.
Mwangi Kiunjuri has been nominated to the Agriculture docket.
Former DPP Keriako Tobiko was nominated to the Environment
docket with Charles Sunkuli as PS. Chief Administrative Secretary to be
announced later.
Adan Mohammed has been retained as
Industrialisation CS where Betty Maina of the Kenya Association of
Manufacturers was nominated as PS.
The Ministry of Transport CS will be manned by James Macharia, CAS Chris Obure, and the PS Paul Maringa.
The names of the appointees will be forwarded to parliament for vetting and approval.
Jubilee Secretary general Raphael Tuju was named Cabinet Secretary without portfolio.
Here is the full list of Cabinet Secretaries:
- Margaret Kobia - CS Youth and Public Service.
- John Munyes - CS Petroleum and Mining.
- Eugene Wamalwa - CS Devolution.
- Racheal Omamo - CS Defense.
- Monica Juma -CS Foreign affairs.
- Simon Chergui - CS Water.
- Keriako Tobiko - CS environment
- Adan Mohammed - CS Industrialization
- James Macharia - CS transport
- Joseph Mucheru - CS ICT
- Henry Rotich – CS Treasury
- Fred Matiangi – CS Interior
- Mwangi Kiunjuri - CS Agriculture
- Sicily Kariuki - CS Health
- Rashid Achesa - CS Sports
- Najib Balala - CS Tourism
- Amina Mohammed - CS Education
- Farida Karoney - CS Lands
- Ukur Yattany – CS Labour
- Peter Munya – CS EAC
- Raphel Tuju – CS (without protfolio)
- Charles Keter - Energy
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