Kenya: President William Ruto dismissed cabinet secretaries to pave the way for the formation of a ‘broad-based Government’. The president said that he had to take action after an extensive appraisal of the Cabinet performance.
The President of Kenya acted after noting that he will consult different sectors and political formations to identify those who will assist him in accelerating Kenya’s transformation.
Ruto said that he was keen on the implementation of radical programmes to deal with corruption, debt, domestic resources, jobs and wastage in the Government. During this process, the operations of the government will continue uninterrupted under the guidance of Principal Secretaries and other relevant officials.
In a special press conference at the State House Nairobi – President William Ruto said that the officers of the Deputy President and prime Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs are not affected, at all.
He pointed out that the government has made a significant progress in the implementation of the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda in the past 22 months.
Ruto mentioned that, even with the progress that they have made, they were acutely aware that the people of Kenya have high expectations from him and expected that the administration can undertake the most extensive transformation in the history of the nation.
He highlighted that the government has achieved significant progress in increasing food production by reducing the cost of farm inputs, thereby lowering the cost of food and living.
He added that they have also stabilised the economy by preventing what was an imminent debt default, stabilising fuel prices, lowering inflation and stabilising the foreign exchange regime, among others.
The president also mentioned that the government has implemented radical changes in the education sector, including and resolving uncertainty around the Competency Based Curriculum and the roll-out of a new student-focused higher education funding model, with special emphasis for students from vulnerable families.
Notably, the government has improved the student-teacher ratio by employing 56,000 teachers for primary and secondary schools and 2,000 tutors for TVET colleges.
The President said that the government has also resolved the bottlenecks in the cash transfer programme for vulnerable Kenyans, including orphans, the elderly and people living with severe disabilities by ensuring that the beneficiaries receive their stipend at the same as the salaries of public servants.
He pointed at many such improvements made or done by the current Kenyan government, such as expanding manufacturing, value addition and agro-processing to create more jobs.