Cabinet changes trigger anxietyPresident Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday fired a warning shot at his Cabinet when he booted Sports Cabinet secretary (CS) Rashid Echesa, alongside Broadcasting and Telecommunication Principal Secretary (PS) Fatuma Hirsi. But it is the last-minute intrigues leading to the announcement of the executive order that saved the day for a number of CSs implicated in recent graft probes. “A new executive order is being worked on. In the executive order number three, the President directed that his government shall be reorganised as stated. Early this month, at a Cabinet meeting when the President warned CSs against engaging in politics, he did not have kind words for Echesa, signalling the beginning of his exit journey.

Source: Standard Digital March 01, 2019 21:00 UTC