New Cabinet has its work cut out

In a move that may have taken many Kenyans by surprise, President Uhuru Kenyatta reconstituted his Cabinet on Tuesday by appointing six new Cabinet Secretaries, shuffling some to other ministries and sacking the five who had earlier stepped aside to facilitate investigations into allegations of corruption against them.

In March this year, President Kenyatta presented to the National Assembly a list of 176 individuals whom he said should face investigations, among whom were the five Cabinet Secretaries; Charity Ngilu, Kazungu Kambi, Davis Chirchir, Felix Koskei and Michael Kamau. The understanding at the time was that they step aside for a period of 60 days to facilitate investigations.