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Salaries Cabinet Secretaries in President Ruto's government will get

The remaining proposed CS office holders are Zachariah Mwangi Njeru (Lands), Penina Malonza (Tourism), Mithika Linturi (Agriculture), Susan Wafula (Health), Eliud Owalo (Information, Communication and Digital Economy), Ezekiel Machogu (Education), Davis Chirchir (Energy) Ababu Namwamba (Sports) Salim Mvurya (Mining) and Florence Bore (Labour).

The Cabinet Secretary nominees will be vetted by the National Assembly for approval or rejection.

Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators convene for the first post-swearing-in sitting on Thursday, September 29, when President William Ruto will officially open the 13th Parliament.

The president will make his address to the Bicameral House at 2:30pm.

CSs under President Kenyatta's first term - between 2013 and 2017 - took home a total monthly gross pay of Sh1.06 million, which was reviewed downwards to Sh924,000 by the SRC in 2017.