NEW CABINET IN KENYA

Finally the list of the new list of posts in the cabinet is out. This was released by the president Uhuru Kenyatta AND HIS deputy William Ruto Yesterday in a press release. The ministries have been cut down from 44 to 18. These 'lean and effective structure' as he referred to it is in accordance with the new constitution that requires the cabinet to have not more than 22 positions. It is still clear in our minds why we previously had the largest cabinet, yes the coalition government that had to cater for both sides.

The president has also included state departments whose heads will report to the cabinet secretaries. A system used in America but in our case will help serve the counties better.The newly structured cabinet will itself be referred to as The National Executive.




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The posts will be as follows

1.Under the Presidency, there will the Executive Office of the President and the Executive Office of the Deputy President with two ministries

• ·         Interior and Coordination of National Government
• ·         Devolution and Planning

2.Defence

3.Foreign Affairs

4.Education which will have

• Department of Education
• Department of, Science and Technology

5. The National Treasury.

6. Health,

7.Transport and Infrastructure which will have

• ·         Department of Transport Services
• ·         Department of Infrastructure

8.Environment, Water and Natural Resource

9.Land, Housing and Urban Development

10.Information, Communication and Technology (ICT)

11. Sports,Culture and the Arts

12.Labour,

13.Social Security and Services.

14.Energy and Petroleum;

15.Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries under which are

• ·         Department of Agriculture
• ·         Department of Livestock
• ·         Department of Fisheries

16.Industrialization and Enterprise Development;

17.Commerce and Tourism which has

• ·         Department of Commerce
• ·         Department of Tourism

18.Mining.