Ruto Picks 11 Cabinet Secretaries: Kindiki, Duale, Soipan Tuya Make Comeback
The list includes notable names making a comeback to Ruto's Cabinet.
Marvin Chege 
President William Ruto has announced that he has begun to form a broad-based Cabinet, with 11 individuals nominated as Cabinet Secretaries.
He spoke during an address to the nation at State House, Nairobi on Friday, July 19 when he announced the first 11 members of his new-look Cabinet.
"I have started the process of forming a new broad-based cabinet to assist in driving the urgently needed and irreversible transformation of our country. I nominate the following first batch of 11 individuals for consideration and approval by the National Assembly," stated Ruto.
Some of the names unveiled include Kithure Kindiki who served as the Interior CS in the last Cabinet and was proposed to retain his position in the Interior docket.
Aden Duale (left) and Kithure Kindiki (right) at State House during a past Cabinet meeting. /FILE
Former CSs who were recommended to retain their positions include Alice Wahome (Lands), Aden Duale (Defence) and Soipan Tuya (Environment).
Meanwhile, former Energy CS Davis Chirchir was nominated to the Roads and Transport docket.
Full list of Ruto's nominated Cabinet Secretaries:
- Ministry of the Interior and National Administration - Prof Kithure Kindiki
- Ministry of Health - Dr Debra Mlongo Barasa
- Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development - Alice Wahome
- Ministry of Education - Julius Migos Ogamba
- Ministry of Defence - Aden Barre Duale
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development - Dr Andrew Mwihia Karanja
- Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry - Roselinda Soipan Tuiya
- Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation - Eric Muriithi Muuga
- Ministry of Roads and Transport - Davis Chirchir
- Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy - Margaret Nyambura Ndung'u
- Attorney-General - Rebecca Miano
"Further consultations are ongoing after which, I will announce more names in due course," Ruto announced.
Ruto also indicated that he would be announcing a new direction for his new Cabinet expressing that his administration would be focusing on job creation, accountability, and debt management among others.
"We are enhancing, broadening and deepening the national economic turnaround Plan set out in the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda to incorporate a wider range of ideas, programmes and interventions that will facilitate job creation, robust debt management, enhanced transparency and accountability in the use of public resources and enhanced domestic resource mobilisation, and optimise public expenditure," he announced.
How the cabinet is appointed (Next Steps)
The President names his nominees for the cabinet whose names are communicated to the house by the National Assembly.
The House Business Committee is charged with the responsibility of nominating members to sit in the Appointment Committee which vets the cabinet nominees.
The parliamentary approval process mandates the committee to assess a candidate's academic qualifications, professional training, experience, personal integrity, and background.
Subsequently, the committee endeavours to correlate the candidate's experience with the relevant Ministry's scope of responsibilities.
