Out in the cold: The quiet lives of unlucky Cabinet Secretaries

From left: Former Cabinet Secretaries Aisha Jumwa, Prof Njuguna Ndung'u and Susan Nakhumicha. [File, Standard]

Nine sacked Cabinet Secretaries appear to be major political casualties as President William Ruto seeks to consolidate power and strategise for his re-election in 2027.

With the nomination of three more appointees to join the broad-based government, the fate of Susan Nakhumicha, Peninnah Malonza, Aisha Jumwa, Njuguna Ndung’u, Zachariah Njeru, Mithika Linturi, Ezekiel Machogu, Simon Chelugui and Florarence Bore appear sealed.

The nine were members of the inaugural Cabinet that President Ruto and his then-deputy Rigathi Gachagua put together to spearhead the bottom-up economic agenda.