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Kenya’s William Ruto new cabinet to be sworn in

Kenya’s new 22-member cabinet will be sworn in on Thursday, a day after parliament approved them.

President William Ruto has kept one minister from his predecessor’s cabinet as a national security adviser and established the position of prime cabinet secretary.

The former head of the central bank, Njuguna Ndung’u, will be the new treasury secretary, while former parliament speaker, Justin Muturi, will be the new attorney general.

The president rewarded his political allies with cabinet appointments.

Despite promising 50% of cabinet appointments to women, Mr Ruto nominated only seven women to the 22 ministerial positions, with two women as presidential advisers and one woman as cabinet secretary.

The new cabinet’s immediate focus will be to reduce the cost of living and the food crisis caused by failed rains.

On Tuesday, the president said that he will need at least a year in order to reduce the price of maize flour – the country’s staple food.

 

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