President Kenyatta Restructures His Cabinet Again to Accommodate More Brilliant Brains

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President Uhuru Kenyatta seems so hellbent on achieving his Big 4 Agenda and it seems like the head of state does not want to leave anything unattended to.

It is for this reason that the President decided to make some changes to his cabinet in order to bring in key figures he felt would help him achieve all that he wants to achieve even as his term comes to an end.

After elevating Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and Treasury CS Henry Rotich, the President  has tasked five key people to deliver his Big Four agenda.

He has given sweeping powers to head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua, his deputy Nzioka Waita and Interior Principal Secretary Kibicho Karanja.

In this arrangement, Matiang’i will deal with mostly Cabinet Secretaries and will be the overall coordinator, with Kinyua heading his secretariat.

Rotich will deputise Matiang’i and will ensure there is money for the Big Four projects. Apart from Matiangi’s ‘Mr Fix It” record, the president has a good relationship with Rotich. Uhuru worked with Rotich at the Treasury when the President was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance.

Kibicho working with Waita will ensure the provincial administration and all other government agencies deliver, as the President wants. The President’s term will end in three years and seven months.

Waita had been running the Presidential Delivery Unit but some government departments were not cooperating with his team. The unit has since been expanded, with its officer’s spread all-over the country with the mandate to monitor government projects.

Kibicho’s role is to manage the revamped provincial administration where all regional and county commissioners have been given power to monitor and ensure implementation of all government projects.

The county commissioners, according to the new Executive Order, will have to inspect and approve any government project before any payment is made.

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