Shebesh, Munya, Namwamba and Marwa squeeze into new Uhuru Cabinet.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has named a partial cabinet, retaining
majority of his former Cabinet Secretaries and creating a new position of Chief
Administrative Secretary.
The president says that Chief Administrative Secretaries
will better the coordination of activities in their respective ministries.
Eight former Cs have now being redeployed to various foreign
missions as ambassadors. However, Uhuru retains cabinet secretaries Eugene
Wamalwa (Devolution), Racheal Omamo (Defence) Najib Balala (Tourism) and Amina
Mohammed (Education) in his new line-up.
Here is the list announced by the President:
- Treasury
– Henry Rotich
- Ministry
of Education – Amina Mohamed
- Ministry
of Interior – Fred Matiang’i
- Ministry
of Devolution – Eugene Wamalwa
- Ministry
of Defense – Rachel Omamo
- Ministry
of Energy – Charles Keter
- Ministry
of Agriculture – Mwangi Kiunjuri
- Ministry
of Foreign Affairs – Monicah Juma
- Ministry
of Youth and Gender – Margaret Kobia
- Ministry
of Petroleum and Mining – John Munyes
- Ministry
of Environment and Forestry – Keriako Tobiko
- Ministry
of Information and Communication – Joe Mucheru
- Ministry
of Health – Cecil Kariuki
- Ministry
of East African Community and North Corridor– Peter Munya
- Ministry
of Labour – Ukur Yattany
- Transport
and Infrastructure – James Macharia
- Ministry
of Tourism – Najib Balala
- Ministry
of Water and Sanitization – Simon Cherugui
- Ministry
of Lands – Farida Karoney
- Ministry
of Industrialization – Aden Muhamed
- Ministry of Sports and Heritage - Rashid Mohammed
- Raphel Tuju – CS (without portfolio)
Principal Secretaries.
Coastal Regional Commissioner Nelson Marwa now joins cabinet
as the PS Devolution and so is Former Bundalangi MP Ababu Namwamba (Chief Admin
Foreign Affairs) and Former Nairobi Women Rep. Rachael Shebesh (Chief Admin.
Youth)
Nelson Marwa, PS Devolution
Michael Powon, PS ASAL
Peter Kaberia, PS Sports
Josetta Makobe, PS Heritage
Belio Kisang, PS Learning & basic Education
Lilian Omollo, PS Gender Safina
Tomrome Saitoti, PS Defense
Rachael Shebesh, CAS Public service and youth
Cabinet Ministers
turned Ambassadors:
Dan Kazungu - Tanzania
Jacob Kaimenyi - UNESCO in Paris
Phylis Kandie - Belgium and Luxembourg
Kiema Kilonzo - Uganda
Judy Wakhungu - France
Hassan Wario - Austria
Cleopha Mailu - Permanent Rep to UN in Geneva
Willy Bett - India
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