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Suitability of sacked CSs to hold public office elicits fierce debate

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Civil Society Organizations in Kenya led by Kenya Human Rights Commission Board member Wanjiku Gikonyo(left), Inuka-Kenya ni Sisi! Kawive Wambua (centre) and Transparency International-Kenya Executive Director Sheila Masinde(right) address the media at Ufungamano House in Nairobi on July 20, 2024 where they differed with the new Cabinet Secretaries appointment warning to move to court to challenge the appointments claiming it's a breach of Constitution. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

President William Ruto's decision to re-nominate six of the 21 Cabinet Secretaries he fired on July 11 has raised a national debate on the legality of the action and suitability to serve in the Cabinet and any other public office in the country.

The debacle has divided legal minds and civil society organizations with some equating their sacking from a dismissed Cabinet with impeachment while other legal minds contend

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