'Ensure You Employ Diligence and Commitment to Make Your Work Visible' DP Gachagua Advices CSs

'It is the prerogative of the president to organize and reorganize his team. There is no need to read too much into the president’s reshuffle. I kindly ask those who were given new mandates to work with diligence and commitment and ensure that their work is visible.'

These were the sentiment of the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on October 6, 2023 days after President Ruto reshuffled his cabinet which has numerous reactions from the ministers themselves led by former CS Trade Moses Kuria who was reshuffled to Public Service.

Trade CS Moses Kuria was moved to the Ministry of Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management in the latest Cabinet reshuffle announced by President William Ruto Wednesday night, October 4, 2023.

In a communication dispatched by Head of Public Service Felix Koskei, EAC CS Rebecca Miano has been moved to the Trade and Industry docket to replace the former Gatundu South MP, Moses Kuria.

Water CS Alice Wahome has swapped positions with Zachary Njeru of the Ministry of Lands, Public Works and Urban Development.

Foreign and Diaspora Affairs CS Alfred Mutua has been redeployed to Tourism and Wildlife docket while Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action CS Aisha Jumwa has been moved to the Ministry of Gender, Culture, Arts and Heritage.

Peninah Malonza has been transferred from the Tourism docket and assigned the Ministry of East Africa Community, the ASALS and East Africa Development.

Meanwhile, the portfolio mandate of the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary has been expanded to include the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs.

Koskei said the changes take effect immediately at the time of the announcement. He said the President made the changes in line with Article 152(5)(a) of the Constitution.

The reshuffles were followed by sentiment from different cabinet ministers on the same.

On his X app post CS Moses Kuria was seen posting links to three of the Kikuyu songs that were more of emotional and consoling to him based on his current predicament.

 He further went on to castigate those he felt were celebrating his removal;

“All the CSs and civil servants should now start working because I will report them to President Ruto. If they can’t work , then let them take an early retirement. I will streamline this government. I can bet on thing , those who were celebrating my removal from the Trade docket will call the president in 6 months to ask for my removal from the Public Service docket”