President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed eight new Chief Administrative Secretaries and made changes affecting eight Principal Secretaries.
In the changes announced last night, eight Principal Secretaries were reshuffled, including Dr. Belio Kipsang who moves from Education to the State Department for Regional and Northern Corridor Development.
He was replaced in Education by Dr. Julius Ouma Jwan who was Principal Secretary for Vocational and Technical Training which has now been taken over by Dr. Margaret Mwakima who was Principal Secretary for Northern Corridor.
Other changes include the rearranging of Cabinet Administrative Secretaries, including Zack Kinuthia who moves from Education to Sports, swapping places with Hassan Noor Hassan in changes affecting 3 others.
President Uhuru Kenyatta also named new Cabinet Administrative Secretaries including former University of Nairobi student leader David Osiany who now becomes Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Chief Administrative Secretary.
Dr. Sarah Ruto of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development was also named Cabinet Administrative Secretary in the Education Ministry where she will replace Kinuthia.
Other new CASs are Eric Simiyu Wafukho (National Treasury and Planning), Lawrence Musyoka Kalla (Agriculture), Japheth Ntiba Micheni (State Law Office), Zachary Ayieko (Energy), and Alex Mburi Mwiru (Lands). The reshuffle also affected David Osiany of Trade, Dr. Sarah Ruto Education, Eric Simiyu Treasury, and five others.
The President also announced the merging of the State Mining Department with that of Petroleum in new ministry changes. The reshuffle is a presidential action that seeks to foster operational efficiency and speed up the implementation of various ground-breaking reforms that shall make Ministries and State Departments more effective and better able to deliver on their mandates.
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