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President William Ruto has reorganised ministries to drive Kenya Kwanza government's agenda. While key dockets were hived off from one ministry and transferred to another, a new one was introduced.
The Cooperatives docket was brought back in a move the Head of State is banking on to implement his bottom-up economic model. The ministry was phased out during former President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime.
It was initially introduced by late President Mwai Kibaki, as the Cooperatives Development and Marketing ministry, and was headed by Njeru Ndwiga and later Joseph Nyagah.
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