Former Defence Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale has expressed his gratitude to President William Ruto for the opportunity to serve in his Cabinet.
Taking to his X account, Duale shared his appreciation, stating, “I extend my heartfelt gratitude to His Excellency President William Ruto for entrusting me with the role of Cabinet Secretary for Defence in the first Kenya Kwanza Administration. I am deeply honoured and will forever be indebted to him and the people of Kenya for this opportunity to serve our great nation. As the Quran says, ‘But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners’ (Quran 8:30).”
On Thursday, President Ruto announced the dissolution of his Cabinet, dismissing all Cabinet Secretaries and the Attorney General, except for Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The Deputy President’s office remains unaffected.
Ruto stated, “I have decided to dismiss with immediate effect all cabinet secretaries and attorney general of the Cabinet of Kenya except the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. And of course, the office of the Deputy President is not affected in any way.”
He further explained that the ministries will be coordinated by Principal Secretaries until a new Cabinet is appointed. This interim period will allow for extensive consultations across various sectors and political formations to establish a broad-based government aimed at addressing key issues such as debt burden, domestic resource mobilization, job creation, and combating corruption.
Ruto emphasized, “I will immediately engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations, to set up a broad-based government that will assist me in accelerating and expediting the necessary, urgent and irreversible, implementation of radical programmes to deal with the burden of debt, raise domestic resources, expanding job opportunities, eliminate wastage and unnecessary duplication of a multiplicity of government agencies and slay the dragon of corruption consequently making the government lean, inexpensive, effective and efficient.”
