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President Uhuru Kenyatta must reject MPs’ bid to politicise Cabinet

Kenya: Some MPs want the Constitution amended to ensure all Cabinet secretaries are elected MPs. This would all be very well if their motive was altruistic. However, the reasons they give for their proposal are self-serving.

First, they claim that Cabinet secretaries, by virtue of not being MPs, cannot grasp important national issues. This notwithstanding that some members of the Cabinet are well-read former captains of industry.

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