Activist moves to court to stop vetting of 51 PS nominees

His lawyer Danstan Omari said President William Ruto breached the Constitution for having his cronies and others close to him as PS while excluding other regions who also deserve being part of the government.

Omari argued that since the country has 44 tribes, the President should have nominated at least one PS from each tribes to reflect regional balance.

He said that since the PSs will be sitting in positions that hold the highest duty of setting policies, it will only be fair if all regions, gender and marginalised groups are given an opportunity to make decisions that also affect them.

"Just like during the vetting of Cabinet Secretaries, the National Assembly acted like a conveyor belt for approving all the nominees despite integrity questions raised about some of them. The same thing will happen with the PSs unless the court stops the process," said Omari.

He added that parliament, which is expected to start vetting the nominees on Thursday, will be acting on an illegal list which does not meet constitutional threshold.