President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to make radical changes in his Cabinet as he starts his second and last term in office.
Sources close to State House say 11 Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) and 19 Principal Secretaries (PSs) could be jobless within two weeks after the President is sworn in on Tuesday.
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The President is understood to have told his ministers and PSs at a meeting this week that his administration would not reward mediocrity and corruption. A preliminary list of possible appointees and those facing the sack had been put together on Thursday, the content of which is under close scrutiny of President Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto.
During a meeting bringing together CSs and their PSs, President Kenyatta was resolute that whoever knows they have been involved in matters unbecoming of their various offices, ā€˜they had better begin to packā€™.
The 30 CSs and PSs set to face the sack are believed to have fallen short of expectations and are now living on borrowed time. There are, however, a few of them who according to sources are seen to have met expectations. ā€œThe President will surprise many people. That you can be sure. There is no friendship this time, it is either you did your job or you did not,ā€ a source said.
By close of business yesterday, only Transport CS James Macharia, Fred Matiangā€™i, Charles Keter and Eugene Wamalwa were assured of making a comeback. It was, however, understood that former Budalangā€™i MP Ababu Namwamba is struggling to make it to the list ahead of Wamalwa in terms of Western Kenya consideration in public appointments.

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