Political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has schooled Mount Kenya region over the new Cabinet nominees.
In a post via his X account Ngunyi blamed the Central region for playing hard to get with President William Ruto, a move he says has disadvantaged them in terms of representatives of the region to the cabinet.
According to Ngunyi, leaders from the Central region supported the Gen Z-led protests and lost track of the nominations, allowing leaders from other regions to dominate in Ruto’s list of nominees.
“Dear Kikuyus: Do you understand the new Ruto Cabinet? As you played hard to get with Ruto and sponsored Gen Z, solid leaders from other regions joined cabinet. You are represented by non -descript fellows,” stated Ngunyi.
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Laikipia East Member of parliament (MP) Mwangi Kiunjuri while in a media interview, recounted previous warnings of Ruto -Raila handshake from previous leaders while questioning whether the cabinet seats had been distributed.
While speaking in his vernacular language the MP, said the people of Mt Kenya should put pride aside to avoid being sidelined by other regions and in government.
“If we fail to put our pride as the people of the mountain aside, we will be left on our own,” noted Kiunjuri.
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Kiunjuri, also expressed his support of the Gen Z movement stating that they are demanding for accountability and not the broad-based government formed.
“Gen Zs are demanding for accountability in the current government and the formations of a broad-based one” said Kiunjuri
These remarks came a day after President William Ruto released the second batch of his cabinet on 24th July,2024 after the dismissal of former cabinet Secretaries on July 11.
In an address from State House, the head of state submitted the names of the second batch for consideration and approval by the National Assembly for appointment as Cabinet Secretaries.
Ruto said that the nominees were chosen after consultation with different stakeholders.
Ruto Names Cabinet Nominees
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Moreover, the nominations saw different names from the opposition getting seats in Ruto’s cabinet and only seven being allocated to the Central region.
Some of the CS nominees from Mt Kenya region include Kithure Kindiki who was nominated back to the Interior ministry, Rebecca Miano to the ministry of tourism, Justin Bedan Muturi to the ministry of public service and Human Capital Development and Alice Wahome was nominated for the ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban development.
Moreover, Andrew Muhia Karanja was nominated as CS for Agriculture and Margaret Nyambura was nominated to the ICT docket.
Prior, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had been on the spot over calls for unity in the region. The DP maintained that unity among a particular group of people does not imply opposition to others.
While defending his call for unity, Gachagua cited that different groups have different needs and challenges, hence the need for grassroots unity initiatives before fostering national unity.
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In addition, he maintained that he is a peacekeeper in the Kenya Kwanza government, noting his role in reinstating peace in Kericho, Kiambu, Nakuru, and Meru Counties
“The unity we are calling for is the unity of Kenya, and we are doing it bottom-up,” he said.
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