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Is Cabinet, Security Council not up to the advisory task?

Prof. Makau Mutua during the signing of Azimio One Kenya Alliance Party at Serena Hotel in Nairobi on April 1st, 2022. [File, Standard]

The Constitution of Kenya provides for the Office of Deputy President, Cabinet Secretaries and Attorney General all who sit in Cabinet as key advisers to the President.

On his core mandate of national security, the President is advised by the National Security Council of which he is the chairperson. The Deputy President, Cabinet Secretaries for Internal Security, Defence, Foreign Affairs and Attorney General also sit in the Council.

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