On Thursday, March, 23, at the State House in Nairobi, Chief Administrative Secretaries(CAS) were inaugurated under the direction of President William Ruto.
The National Assembly declined to vet nominations because it lacked the authority granted by the Constitution. Therefore the 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries were legally appointed on Wednesday.
President William Ruto appoints Chief Administrative Secretaries to office. pic.twitter.com/3FM5O8IB72
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The House is required by its duty to respect, uphold, and defend the Constitution to abstain from acting in a capacity not specifically delegated to it by the Constitution or written legislation.
The National Assembly cannot investigate the nominations because there is no explicit constitutional or statutory necessity for it to do so, according to a memo from National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula.
President Ruto officially appoints all 50 CAS nominees after Parliament declines to vet them https://t.co/JXVta3jrkL
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) March 22, 2023
Hussein Mohammed, a spokesperson for the White House, claims that following the memorandum, the President appointed the nominees to the various ministries as previously informed.
According to Hussein, to simplify the appointment of the Chief Administrative Secretaries to their positions, the State Appointees are now set to take their solemn oath of office.
Former Laikipia Woman Rep Catherine Waruguru sworn-in as CAS in the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs pic.twitter.com/QLS8A6Awtl
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) March 23, 2023
The CAS post was established by Dr. Ruto's predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta, and does not restrict the President from increasing the number of ministries even though the Constitution only allows for 22.
