President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo/Citizen TV]
With the appointment of a fresh Cabinet expected in coming weeks, Kenyans are optimistic that those selected to serve in different portfolios will deliver on their respective mandates.
On Wednesday a section of Kenyans left a message to President Uhuru Kenyatta asking him to cast his net wider to ensure regional and gender balance in his new administration.
“He should try to spread these positions across the country because currently, we’re divided. In my opinion, if President Kenyatta picks from Nyanza, Coast, Western, Eastern and even Central the country will be united,” Dennis Kariuki, a procurement officer at a Nairobi-based firm remarked.
The Constitution provides for a minimum of 14 Cabinet Secretaries.
On whether or not serving Cabinet Secretaries should be retained, Simon Ngure, an IT specialist in Nairobi argued those re-appointed should have a development track record.
“I think a majority of the Cabinet will be retained. There will be minimal changes in my considered opinion,” he said.
As far as Ngure is concerned, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi, as well as his late Interior counterpart Joseph Nkaissery, did exceptionally well in their respective dockets.
Generally, Ngure said he would be fine should President Kenyatta retain his present Cabinet.
In his New Year address on Monday, President Kenyatta promised to unveil a new Cabinet through which he shall deliver on his Big Four
agenda which include food security, affordable housing, manufacturing and affordable healthcare.
“In the next few weeks, I will unveil the men and women to whom I will entrust delivery of the Big Four, and other programmes that will transform this country,” President Kenyatta hinted.