Drama and chaos as MPs reject President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nominee for Cabinet job

Dr Monica Juma addresses the National Assembly’s Committee on Appointments during her vetting on Tuesday. [PHOTO:  MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta tasted his first defeat in 2015 in the House when MPs, a majority from his ruling Jubilee coalition, voted to reject Dr Monica Juma, his nominee for the plum post of the Secretary to the Cabinet.

The lawmakers in the National Assembly stamped their oversight authority and agreed with the committee that vetted Juma, the current Interior principal secretary to gauge her suitability for the seat of Secretary to the Cabinet.