Azimio MPs claim Ruto's Cabinet will be the least inspiring in Kenya's history
A section of Azimio
la Umoja One Kenya Alliance MPs have poked holes in President William Ruto's
22-member Cabinet nominees list, claiming that the integrity of most of the individuals proposed for the
positions is questionable and hence they are undeserving of the said dockets.
Speaking in Nairobi
on Wednesday, the legislators, led by Ugunja MP James Opiyo, slammed President
Ruto's move to include persons who have been linked to cases of graft and theft
of public resources among the list of Cabinet nominees.
"In an economy
that is crying for revival, it is shocking that the UDA administration has
packed the proposed Cabinet with some men and women who should be in jail for
engaging in economic crimes and sabotage of the country," said the MPs.
"Most of the
nominees suffer acute financial and ethical deficit which the appointing
authority is aware of but chose to ignore in nominating them because, it would
appear, in this administration, ethics and accountability won’t matter."
According to the
legislators, Kenyans must brace themselves for tougher times ahead if the said
individuals, who they insist are under qualified for the roles, are cleared by
Parliament to take up the ministerial positions.
"Equally
worrying is the fact that a good number of the nominees have no demonstrated
record of critical thinking that this country requires to dig itself out of the
economic mess we've had for the past ten years," said the MPs.
"If approved
in its entirety, this will be the least inspiring Cabinet in Kenya’s history.
It is the least qualified to manage the affairs of the state."
The Azimio MPs
however underscored that they won't just roll over and accept the nominations
without airing the aforementioned concerns when vetting the qualifications of
the nominated Cabinet members in the coming days.
As it stands, only
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi will be exempted from the appraisal
exercise as he was appointed on an executive order.
Should the House
dismiss the credentials of any of the other Cabinet nominees, President Ruto will
have no other option but to name alternatives who will similarly be appraised.
"We will be
saying more on these nominees in the coming days and particularly during the
confirmation hearings in the National Assembly," said the MPs.
"Our initial take, however, is that Kenyans should prepare themselves for very difficult times ahead but they must know that there are a lot of questions about some of them and we will be asking those questions relentlessly."
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