President William Ruto has announced that he will not leave the former Gender and Culture Cabinet Secretary (CS)Aisha Jumwa after he sacked his Cabinet on July 11.
This comes after the Head of State named 20 CSs with Aisha Jumwa among the former 12 Cabinet Secretaries left out on the list of the nominees. Ruto nominated Stella Soi Lang’at, who if successfully the vetted by the Members of Parliament will take over Aisha’s role.
Only two positions are vacant, one for the Attorney General and one for the East Africa Community (EAC) and ASAL (Arid and Semi-Arid Lands) CS.
Ruto, while speaking during the laying of the foundation stone for the Watamu Market in Kilifi County on July 26, thanked Aisha Jumwa adding that she is a strong woman and will continue supporting her.
“I want to tell the people of Kilifi, listen to me keenly. My sister Aisha Jumwa is there, and I want to assure you she will walk with me step by step in this government,” he said.
“I cannot leave Aisha Jumwa because she is woman of strength. Isn’t she Capable?”
Ruto said he made a decision that Ali Hassan Joho should be a Minister in his government and join Aisha so that they can work together.
Aisha Jumwa on her part thanked Ruto for appointing her to serve as the Gender CS and also for his decision of sacking the Cabinet to put the interests of Kenyans first.
“He allowed me to serve the people of Kenya and I am grateful for that, and I will continue to be thankful. I believe in Ruto because what he sees while sitting, I can’t figure while standing,” she said.
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She further called on Kenyans to give the Head of State peace of mind to work and deliver his manifesto.
The former CS further lauded the President for reappointing Salim Mvurya as the CS nominee in the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry and nominating Hassan Joho to the ministry of Mining, Blue economy and Maritime Affairs.
“I respect President William Ruto and I am okay with the nominations of my two brothers. Therefore, we as the people of Kilifi we must stand behind the President and support him,” she said.
“So, I will be in the government. Those who have been calling me saying I have been abandoned by the President, I am not out of the market. I formed this government, and I am part of it, and I will remain in the government. I am staying because I am with William Ruto, so reduce the number of calls.”
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On July 21, Aisha Jumwa was booed by youth in Kilifi after she hinted that she may be reappointed to cabinet. She remarked that President Ruto was aware of her capabilities and could reinstate her.
“President Ruto does not need anyone campaigning for Aisha Jumwa, he knows… and if it pleases him to reappoint me to continue serving in his Cabinet, we will say Amen,” Ms Jumwa said on Sunday during a meet-the-people tour in Kilifi,” she said.
“But if he deems it fit that I should rest, we will also say Amen because the Bible says we should rejoice and be thankful in everything.”
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