Ruto to Fire Cabinet Secretaries

On Tuesday, August 1, President William Ruto locked out of State House Nairobi some Cabinet Secretaries who also failed to sign their performance contracts.

State House Press Secretary Emmanuel Talam had earlier released an official programme indicating that the event was to begin at exactly 8am.

This meant that all the CSs and their Principal Secretaries were to be seated early enough before the official time when the event would kick off.

Among those who were barred over lateness and did not sign their contracts were Kithure Kindiki (Interior) and Moses Kuria (Trade and Industry).

Also barred from the event were a few PSs and heads of parastatals who also arrived late for the event.

Reacting to Ruto’s move, political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi advised the head of state to start terrorising his Cabinet Secretaries.

Ngunyi told the president to consider firing a CS or even a PS for no reason.

“Dear Ruto: Keep your ministers in suspended terror. Be unpredictable. You should occasionally fire a minister or PS for “..no good earthly reason”,” Ngunyi posted on his official Twitter handle.

The political analyst gave an example of former University of Nairobi vice chancellor Stephen Mbithi who was fired by late president Daniel Moi on radio.

“Moi fired Mbithi unceremoniously after they had spent a whole evening reshuffling the cabinet. There was no reason. Just terror,” said Ngunyi.