Sh15.25b: The total net worth of President Ruto's 24-member Cabinet

From left: Musalia Mudavadi (Prime CS nominee), Mercy Wanjau (nominee, Secretary to the Cabinet) and Aden Duale (Defence CS nominee). [File, Standard]

The Cabinet nominees of the Kenya Kwanza government are worth a total of Sh15.25 billion.

The cumulative net worth summed by The Standard is based on the revelations made by the nominees during their vetting by the National Assembly's Committee on Appointments chaired by Speaker Moses Wetangula.

The Cabinet, besides the president and his deputy, will be made up of Prime Cabinet Secretary, Attorney-General, 22 Cabinet Secretaries and a Secretary to the Cabinet.

Below are the respective nominees' net worth as revealed to MPs:

1. Musalia Mudavadi (Prime Cabinet Secretary) - Sh4 billion
2. Mithika Linturi (Agriculture) - Sh1.2 billion
3. Simon Chelugui (Cooperatives and MSME's) - Sh993 million
4. Prof. Njuguna Ndungu (Treasury) - Sh950 million
5. Aden Duale (Defence) - Sh851 million
6. Moses Kuria (Trade) - Sh750 million
7. Justin Muturi (Attorney-General) - Sh700 million
8. Eliud Owalo (ICT) - Sh650 million
9. Ezekiel Machogu (Education) - Sh590 million
10. Kipchumba Murkomen (Transport) - Sh550 million
11. Prof. Kithure Kindiki (Interior) - Sh544 million
12. Davis Chirchir (Energy) - Sh482 million
13. Mercy Wanjau (Secretary to cabinet) - Sh475.4 million
14. Ababu Namwamba (Sports) - Sh425 million
15. Dr. Alfred Mutua (Foreign Affairs) - Sh420 million
16. Rebecca Miano (EAC) - Sh397 million
17. Peninah Malonza (Tourism) - Sh300 million
18. Alice Wahome (Water) - Sh218
19. Florence Bore (Labour) - Sh200 million
20. Soipan Tuya (Environment) - Sh156 million
21. Salim Mvurya (Mining) - Sh120 million
22. Susan Nakhumicha (Health) - Sh101 million
23. Aisha Jumwa (Gender) - Sh100 million
24. Zachariah Njeru (Lands) - Sh80 million