President William Ruto has reshuffled principal secretaries reassigning six roles and nominating 14 new ones allied to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
In a statement shared by State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohammed on Thursday, the president promoted Amos Gathecha from the public service docket to serve as Deputy Head of Public Services.
Prof Edwin Kisiang’ani, who serves in the ICT Ministry, has been appointed to serve as the senior advisor and member of the president’s council of economic advisors.
The president nominated 14 candidates for the principal Secretaries positions including Jane Kare Imbunya (State Department for Public services and Human Capital Development), Regina Akoth Ombam (State Department for Trade), Cyrell Wagunda Odede Public Investment and Asset Management), Caroline Wanjiru Karugu (allied to Raila, East African Community Affairs), Oluga Fredrick Ouma (Medical Service), and Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim(National Government Co-ordination
Others are Judith Naiyai Pareno (Justice Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs), Bonface Makokha (Economic Planning), Prof Abdulrazak Shaukat (Science, Research and Innovation), Stephen Isaboke (Broadcast and Telecommunication), Micheal Lenasalon (Devolution), Fikirini Katoi Kajindi (Youth Affairs), Carren Ageng’o Achieng (Children Welfare Services) and Aden Abdi Millah (Shipping and Maritime Affairs).
The head of state reassigned Professor Julius Bitok from the State Department for Immigration to the State Department for Basic Education.
“In accordance with Article 155(4) of the Constitution, the following principal Secretaries have been re-assigned as stated,” the president stated in the official statement.
Teresia Mbaika was also reassigned to the State Department for Aviation and Aerospace Development. Mbaika previously served as the PS State Department for Devolution.
Others are Ishmael Madey who was reassigned to the State Department for Special Programmes and Harry Kimtai who was reassigned from the State Department for Medical Services to the State Department for Mining
The president also reassigned Elijah Mwangi to the state department for sports previously held by Peter Tum.
The former Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang has been reassigned to the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services.
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