President Ruto chairs second cabinet meeting
President William Ruto on Monday chaired his second cabinet meeting at State House.
Last week, on September 27, the President chaired his inaugural meeting with his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta’s cabinet.
The transitioning cabinet discussed state of the economy, assessment of the ongoing drought situation, security in the country and Ebola outbreak in Uganda.
Later that day, Ruto announced a list of his 22 nominated Cabinet Secretaries who are set to undergo vetting and approval by parliament after which they will be sworn in.
Ruto’s Cabinet won’t be completely operational until at least November 2022.
After the President opened the 13th parliament last week, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula will hand the names of nominated CSs William Rutoto the House Committee on Appointments, which will be in charge of holding the hearings.
Once the Committee is in place, it has seven days to give notice to the nominees and the general public of the hearing’s time and location before the hearings are held.
Within 21 days, the Committee will hold the hearings, after which it will report to the House with recommendations on whether to approve or reject a nominee.
The house then votes to either uphold or reject a given nominee after which the Speaker gazettes the names of the approved cabinet secretaries.
They will then assumes office by swearing or affirming faithfulness to the people and the Republic of Kenya and obedience to this Constitution, in the presence of the president.
While the cabinet secretaries have often been political sits with the holders of these offices being friends to the government of the day., they are accountable individually, and collectively, to the President for the exercise of their powers and the performance of their functions.
Furthermore, they appear before a committee of the National Assembly, or the Senate, when required by the committee, and answer any question concerning a matter for which the Cabinet Secretary is responsible.