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Picking 50 CASs adds burden to the taxpayers

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By Editorial | Mar 19, 2023

**President William Ruto** **looks on during the National Solemn Assembly at the Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi on February 14, 2023.** [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

President William Ruto's nomination of 50 individuals for the position of Chief Administrative Secretary has been criticised loudly by many, including those in his base, and for a good reason.

During the push for the infamous Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), then DP Ruto led an onslaught against then President Uhuru Kenyatta and his "Handshake" partner Raila Odinga for prioritising sharing of government jobs among politicians at the expense of economic revival to benefit the majority poor, the so-called hustlers.

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