Ruto Appoints Ambassadorial Nominee Who Declined the Job, Skipped Vetting.
Ruto Appoints Ambassadorial Nominee Who Declined the Job, Skipped Vetting: President William Ruto on Friday appointed former West Mugirango MP Vincent Mogaka Kemosi as the country’s ambassador to Accra, Ghana, just weeks after he declined the job.
The former legislator was among the ambassadors handpicked for the position during President Ruto’s nominations to serve Kenya’s interests abroad.
Parliament as expected, vetted the nominees and names were forwarded to the head of state for official appointment.
However, former Member of parliament, Vincent wrote to Parliament and confirmed that he would not appear for the vetting becaused he had declined the offer.
Interestingly, in a Gazette Notice published on Friday, President Ruto had appointed him for the role despite not undergoing vetting and rejecting the nomination
The notice read,” In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 132 (2) (e) of the Constitution, I, William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces appoint (said Names) to be High Commissioners, Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives and Consuls-General in Kenya’s Foreign Mission,”
In the notice, 26 ambassadors and High Commissioners were appointed including former Communications Authority (CA) Director-General (DG) Ezra Chiloba for position as Kenya’s Consular General in Los Angeles, California State, USA.
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