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In 2013, former president Uhuru Kenyatta toyed with the idea of packing his Cabinet with technocrats though he still appointed three politicians to head crucial dockets at the start of his first term in office.
Before the elections, Uhuru had pledged that he and his deputy would be the only politicians in Cabinet. However, Charity Ngilu (Lands), Najib Balala (Mining) and Kazungu Kambi (Labour) made the cut when he unveiled his team though he, at the time, added a rider that they would relinquish any political party positions they held as per the Constitution.
But to his credit, he raided public and private sector corner offices to tap key skills and qualifications he saw as key to delivering on the grand promises he had made to Kenyans on the campaign trail.
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