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While CSs are largely technocrats, majority of CASs are politicians

President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta has finally unveiled his dream team after nine Cabinet Secretaries were sworn-in. The expanded Cabinet of 44 men and women holds Kenyans’ huge expectations for the next five years and they will make or break President Kenyatta’s legacy.

They must therefore grow a thick skin and get down to work immediately. There’s no room for exaggerated homecomings or boisterous celebrations for the new team. The relationship between Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) and their assistants in the name of Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) will particularly be in sharp focus.

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