President told to appoint Competent Cabinet

 

Former President of the East African Law Society Lawyer James Aggrey Mwamu at his office in Kisumu today where he has asked President Ruto to appoint a competent cabinet- Story and Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

July 19, 2024

President told to appoint Competent Cabinet  

President Dr. William Ruto has been told to appoint a Cabinet that is competent, transparent and one that will reflect the face of Kenya.

Former President of the East African Law Society Lawyer James Aggrey Mwamu the Cabinet that was recently dismissed lacked competency, adding that Kenyans want to see people who can deliver be appointed in the next cabinet.

Addressing the press at his office in Kisumu today, Mwamu said the President should constitute a cabinet that will also represent different regions of Kenya.

He says the Cabinet dismissed recently majorly comprised of people from two regions.

Mwamu says the President must also consider appointing the youth, persons with disability in the next cabinet.

The Former President of the East African Law Society says the President should also consider placing technocrats as the Cabinet Secretaries in different ministries within the Government.

“In the former President Uhuru’s Cabinet, we had Prof George Magoha who was very competent and managed the Ministry of Education well. I don’t think his appointment was made because he was very loyal to the then President but was picked from the University due his fair competency. We want to see such like appointment when President Ruto reconstitute his cabinet,” Mwamu says.

Mwamu at the same time says the President still has an option of re-appointing some of the people whom he dismissed as Cabinet Secretaries recently.

He says this is so because they have not been found to have breached the constitutional provisions, adding that what the President said during the time he dismissed the Cabinet was because of the pressure from members of the public.

“Under the constitution, the President has powers to appoint and dismiss a member of the Cabinet with or without any reason. So it does not necessarily mean that when you are dismissed, you can’t be re-appointed to the Cabinet or work in any position as a public officer unless there is an institution like EACC that finds you to have committed an act against the constitution then you can’t be re-appointed or you are taken to court and convicted for a crime and found to be guilty then you file an appeal in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court where they can say you are not fit to hold a public office,” Mwamu adds.