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Cabinet Secretaries retained by President Uhuru in his second term in office will not undergo vetting and approval by Parliament, National Assembly Majority leader Aden Duale says.
The six, who include Dr.Fred Matiang’i (Interior), Charles Keter (Energy), Joe Mucheru (ICT), Najib Balala (Tourism), Henry Rotich (Treasury) and James Macharia (Transport & Infrastructure), were retained, while 13 of their colleagues were sidelined when President Kenyatta named his partial cabinet on Friday.
Constitutionally, cabinet appointees must go through mandatory vetting and approval by Parliament before assuming office, but citing 2011 Parliamentary Act on public appointments and other international jurisdictions like that of the United States where President Obama retained defense secretary from his predecessor's administration, Duale said the six will not require a fresh vetting from the house.
“In 2012 when Obama was re-elected for the second term, more than five of his cabinet were reappointed and never went through a fresh vetting. In our case, because the six had undergone vetting once and are still holding the same portfolio, they will not be vetted,” he said.
“So we expect the President to send us fresh names of the likes of Munyes, Yattani and Tobiko for vetting,” added Duale.
Speaking to the press Duale said only the fresh CS nominees and the newly appointed ambassador to Netherlands, Lawrence Lenayapa will be vetted starting from next week.
“Once we receive the names on Monday from the President, the speaker will transmit those names directly to the two committees without necessarily recalling the house so that they do public participation, vet those individuals and call the house for a special sitting to either approve or reject the names within the 14 days window as provided for in public appointment parliamentary act of 2011,” he said.
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My dear President. H.E Uhuru, Kindly apoint individuals from the Luo Nyanza to your cabinet for the sake of national healing. We are a divided nation and you are our unifying factor. Please please the opposing And protesting Kenyans are our brothers and sisters. Extend an olive branch.
Rubbish the reason the 13 others were let go is because they were corrupt. Really this 6 are the best in the bunch if that is the case and it is indeed a brand new government determined to eliminate corruption there should be no exceptions. Am sure these 6 were also stealing but have not been caught or they were sharing the loot with their boss
Kaka Duale, nakuomba tafadhali uachane na siasa za Kenya halafu ushughulikie kuzungumza na ndugu zako Wasomali ili waache kuishambulia nchi ya Kenya.
Wasomali wamesaidiwa sana na nchi ya Kenya na yawapasa waache siasa zao mbovu za kuendelea kuishambulia nchi ya Kenya na kuwaua raia wasio na lawama yoyote nao. Kama sivyo, yawabidi Wasomali wanaokaa katika nchi ya Kenya wahamishwe na kupelekwa katika nchi yao mbovu ya Somalia.