Ruto dissolves cabinet

President William Ruto has dissolved his cabinet. Announcing the move on Thursday, July 11, 2024, Ruto said that only the Prime Cabinet Secretary and the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua would be spared. Principal Secretaries have been tasked with running the ministries until a new cabinet is constituted. “Upon reflection, listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and after a holistic appraisal of the performance of my Cabinet and its achievements and challenges, I have, in line with the powers given to me by Article 152(1) and 152(5)(b) of the Constitution and Section 12 of the Office of the Attorney-General Act, decided to dismiss with immediate effect all the Cabinet Secretaries and the Attorney-General from the Cabinet of the Republic of Kenya except the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs,” Ruto announced.

Ruto in consultations

Ruto says he is engaging in consultations across different sectors and political formations, with the aim of setting up a broad-based government. “I will immediately engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations, with the aim of setting up a broad-based government that will assist me in accelerating and expediting the necessary, urgent and irreversible, implementation of radical programmes to deal with the burden of debt, raising domestic resources, expanding job opportunities, eliminate wastage and unnecessary duplication of a multiplicity of government agencies and slay the dragon of corruption consequently making the government lean, inexpensive, effective and efficient,” he added. During this process, Ruto says the operations of government will continue uninterrupted under the guidance of Principal Secretaries and other relevant officials. The President is expected to announce additional measures in due course.