President William Ruto has restricted the powers of Cabinet Secretaries that served during former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s tenure.
As Ruto awaits to appoint the new team that will work with him in his new government, he has restrained the CSs from foreign travel, big money expenditures and making appointments to plum state jobs as they conclude their terms in office.
The CSs had been filling vacant plum positions on boards of government agencies during their last days in office.
Together with the former president, the CSs had also appointed almost 200 directors to boards of state agencies with most of their terms running for three years.
In addition to the restrictions, ministries, state departments and state agencies are restricted from issuing payments of more than Sh50 million without the National Treasury’s approval.
“We wish to underscore that ministerial actions during the transition are limited to general administration and stewardship over the ministerial portfolio,” Head of Public Service, Joseph Kinyua addressed.
The order has halted appointments by CSs to boards of state corporations or state agencies, any new appointments in the ministry or any associated position in the ministry.
His decree comes after the August polls as Ruto collided with most CSs accusing them of using state machinery to derail his presidential bid.
After Ruto returns to the country from attending the United Nations General Assembly, he is expected to assign new ministers who will replace the current cabinet.
Kinyua is chairing the committee that will oversee the transition to Ruto’s new administration.
