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Kenya Kwanza files proposal to legalise CAS posts, make Ruto PSC executive chair

President William Ruto shakes hands with a newly sworn in Chief Administrative Secretary at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

Kenya Kwanza, the ruling coalition, has filed a petition in Parliament to amend the Constitution to allow President William Ruto to be the executive chairman of the Public Service Commission.

The petition also seeks to have the post of chief cabinet secretary entrenched in the constitution. This is coming when President William Ruto's 50 appointees to occupy the slots have been annulled by the High Court.

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