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Full List Of Cabinet Ministers President Ruto Has Sacked

Weeks after deadly protests rocked Kenya, President William Ruto has fired almost all members of his cabinet. As per the official announcement made by President Ruto, this decision has been taken after listening to what Kenyans want.

President Ruto fired all members of the cabinet, while choosing to retain only his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi who doubles up as the CS Foreign Affairs.

Full list of ministers President Ruto
President William Ruto with members of his cabinet at State House, Nairobi

The current Cabinet has been under immense scrutiny attributed to unpopular policies and public display of opulence that has angered Kenyans struggling to make ends meet amid a high cost of living.

Here is the full list of the dismissed Cabinet Secretaries;
  1. Kithure Kindiki – Interior and National Administration
  2. Njuguna Ndung’u – National Treasury and Planning
  3. Aisha Jumwa – Gender, Culture, the Arts & Heritage
  4. Alice Wahome – Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development
  5. Alfred Mutua – Tourism and Wildlife
  6. Rebecca Miano – Investments, Trade and Industry
  7. Onesmus Kipchumba Murkomen – Roads and Transport
  8. Roselinda Soipan Tuya – Environment and Forestry
  9. Zachariah Mwangi Njeru – Water, Sanitation and Irrigation
  10. Mithika Linturi – Agriculture and Livestock Development
  11. Ezekiel Machogu – Education
  12. Davis Chirchir – Energy and Petroleum
  13. Ababu Namwamba – Youth Affairs and Sports
  14. Simon Chelugui – Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development
  15. Salim Mvurya – Mining, Blue Economy, and Maritime Affairs
  16. Florence Bore – Labour and Social Protection
  17. Eliud Owalo – Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy
  18. Susan Nakhumicha Wafula – Health
  19. Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi – Attorney-General
  20. Mercy Kiiru Wanjau – Secretary to the Cabinet
  21. Aden Duale – Defence
  22. Moses K. Kuria – Public Service, Performance, and Delivery Management
  23. Peninah Malonza – East African Community, the ASALs, and Regional Development

This is the first time a sitting president has dismissed Cabinet ministers under the new constitution. The last time this was done in Kenya was in 2005 after a failed referendum under President Mwai Kibaki.  It remains unclear when the president will reconstitute his Cabinet.

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