President Ruto nominates 11 Cabinet Secretaries

President William Ruto has nominated the first batch of 11 individuals to the Cabinet as the process of forming a new broad-based government gets underway.

In a press briefing Friday, the President said consultations are ongoing after which he will announce more names.

“I have started the process of forming a new, broad-based cabinet to assist me in driving the urgently needed and irreversible transformation of our country,” said Ruto.

The nominees now await consideration and approval by the National Assembly.

The nominees are;

Kithure Kindiki – Ministry of Interiors and National Administration
Dr Debra Mulongo Barasa – Ministry of Health
Alice Wahome – Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development
Julius Ogamba – Ministry of Education
Aden Duale – Ministry of Defence
Dr Andrew Karanja – Ministry of Agriculture
Soipan Tuya – Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry
Eric Muriithi – Ministry of water, Sanitation and Irrigation
Davis Chirchir – Ministry of Roads and Transport
Dr Margaret Ndungu – Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy
Rebecca Miano – Attorney General