President Ruto urged not to Micromanage the new Cabinet
August 16, 2024
President Ruto urged not to Micromanage the new Cabinet
President Dr William Ruto has been urged not to micromanage
the new Cabinet that he nominated and Parliament recently approved before being
appointed.
Former President of the Law Society of East Africa Lawyer
James Aggrey Mwamu says one of the things that some of the Cabinet Secretaries
who have been sacked complained about is the issue of micromanagement.
Addressing the press at his Kisumu office, Mwamu said the
President has not been delegating enough duties to his previous cabinet.
Mwamu says the President should now let the new cabinet
function since he has also appointed people from the Opposition side to his
cabinet to help him deliver his manifesto.
“The President should now allow the Cabinet functions since
he has appointed people from the Opposition side. Let him allow the Cabinet to
function independently not independently in the sense that they are independent
but once you have given people the responsibility allow and given them a chance
to operate,” Mwamu says.
Mwamu claim that a number of the immediate former Cabinet
Secretaries have complained about their Ministries being controlled from State
House, adding that some appointments within some ministries used to come from
state house as well gazetment made without awareness of some Cabinet
Secretaries.
“In some instances, some Cabinet Secretaries have complained
about money being allocated for projects from state house without the knowledge
of the Cabinet Secretaries therefore you don’t have a free hand,” Mwamu adds.
Mwamu has advised President Ruto to fully emulate former
President Jomo Kenyatta and Mwai Kibaki who gave their Ministers a chance to
work freely without undue interference from him.
“Once former President Jomo Kenyatta gave a job to a
Minister for example Dr Taita Towet who served as the Minister for Education,
Kenyatta could simply send you directly to him so as to sort out issue within
the Ministry of education,” Mwamu further says.
Mwamu says delegation of duties is a good thing that
President Ruto should emulate for running the country smoothly.
“When you delegate duties, you give people a chance to have
confidence that they are equal up to the task they have been given to perform
so that when anything happens they are there to take full responsibility,”
Mwamu adds.
At the same time, Mwamu has urged the President to fully
concentrate serving the country while working on the issues of reducing
inflation in the country, adding that time for politicking is long gone.
“The President should also working on how to reduce the
Public and domestic debts. This is very important because it must be balance
the way such that the business people are not overburdened by taxes,” the
former President of the East African Law Society further adds.
Mwamu has lauded the President’s recent move by appointed
four people from the opposition party to the cabinet, adding that it is a great
plus for the President when he appointed the first ever female Attorney General
since Independence.
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