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Ever since President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed key Parastatal heads, critics of Jubilee government have expressed their displeasure over the appointees. In as much as he did everything within the constitution and even included persons from all the 47 counties, opposition leadership as it were cannot give him any breathing space to rule Kenya in peace.
The President however, went ahead with his mandatory right in the appointments of the State corporations rewarding Kenyans in a long list of representatives from not only all regions but ethnic groups as well. However, nobody questioned the appointment of the Army Chief, General Samson Mwathethe replacing General Karangi who is the President’s kinsman, yet it has been a traditional gesture that had been practiced in the country for decades.
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