, Performance, and Delivery Management Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has said he is ready to deliver his duties from anywhere amid an imminent tussle over working space in the Cabinet.
Speaking while officially taking over his new docket, the CS disclosed that Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has requested him not to move to the office at the Kenya Railways Headquarters off Haile Selassie Avenue as assigned by the Head of Public Service Felix Koskei.
In his response, Kuria noted that he can work from anywhere and that should not be an issue of concern.
“The Prime Cabinet Secretary has requested that I leave that space to him and as I said there’s my friend Rev Maina who works at OTC.I can be his neighbor, am a person who works from the field and am a man of the streets,” said Kuria.
Head of Public Service Felix Koskei on Friday indicated that Kuria had been assigned an office at the Kenya Railways Headquarters off Haile Selassie Avenue.
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At the same time, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi was moved to the Old Treasury building, the Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Ministry headquarters, having be assigned as the minister responsible.
Before Kuria’s reassignment while serving as Trade Minister, his office was at the Two Rivers Shopping Mall in Ruaka.
Reports have been that the decision to move offices had irked some Cabinet Secretaries, but Kuria has said that all is well.
“Contrary to media reports today, there is absolutely no tug of war between myself and my senior and close friend Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi,” Kuria said Sunday.
Kuria stated that Mudavadi will continue operating from Railways Headquarters while he will work from Harambee House.
According to Kuria, Principal Secretary for Performance and Delivery Management Veronicah Nduva will also be based at Harambee House to oversee Government Delivery Services, Performance.
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