Sunday, June 30, 2024 –President William Ruto has agreed to scrap office of the first lady and that of the wife of prime cabinet secretary as part of austerity measures meant to cut down on public expenses.
In a live televised Presidential Roundtable interview with mainstream media journalists, on Sunday June 30, Ruto was asked what he thinks about the unconstitutional offices within the governmnet and he promised to scrap them all.
He was also asked about cabinet administrative secretary positions CAS and he vowed not to employ them for now until the economy is stable.
The head of State was also tasked to deal with corruption among his peers and he easily promised to roll the heads.
“No CAS will be appointed until economy is stable and can support that.
“Citizens said no need for office of first lady. We know these offices were there before but now we have to trim our budget. And not only those, we are going for many other unnecessary offices,” he pledged.
President William Ruto also told his guests that county allocation funds will be reduced so that to reflect the after-effects of the rejected Finance Bill 2024.
“We are going to cut our court to our size and reduce monies going to counties, the judiciary,” Ruto assured.
Asked why he was not sacking State officials especially those in the Cabinet accused of corruption, the commander-in-chief argued that he can only sack those the courts have found guilty.
“I will only sack those charged, processed and found guilty by our courts,” he stated when challenged by journalists.
President Ruto also promised to work on the number of ministers saying there should be a conversation on the number of ministries currently in service.
Joe Ageyo sought answers as to whether Ruto will soon carry out a major shakeup in his administration and the president assured him to watch the space.
“Watch the space. I am going to take action. I know what we should do as long as we don’t have any more crisis. I will be a listening leader going forward,” Ruto stated.
The interview ended with Ruto saying Agriculture cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi survived ouster because the Parliament found him innocent; but on the same note, the president said, some senior officers at the Kenya Bureau of Standards were sacked because of the scandal.