Millicent Omanga, a former nominee for senator, has taken the oath of office as the influential Interior Ministry's Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS).

PHOTO | COURTESY Millicent taking the office as interior CAS

Omanga, nominated to the security docket by President William Ruto last week along with Samuel Tunai, a former governor of Narok, and Amb. Mohamud Ali Saleh, a former regional coordinator for the North East, took the oath of office on Thursday at State House.

On March 16, the Public Service Commission (PSC) recommended 50 CAS, including them.

Before their nomination was formally announced, the Members of Parliament were supposed to review them.

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But on Wednesday, after the National Assembly failed to vet them, President Ruto appointed all the CASs.

According to State House spokesperson Hussein Mohammed, Following the Speaker of the National Assembly's referral, the appointments went ahead—the transmittal of the nominations back to the appointing authorities.

PHOTO | COURTESY Millicent Omamga on the right is the interior CASs

In the absence of a clear constitutional or statutory obligation, the National Assembly cannot thoroughly investigate the nominees, Speaker Moses Wetangula noted in his letter returning the nominees.

According to Hussein, "the Head of State and Government has now caused the appointment of the nominees to various ministries as previously notified" due to the Speaker's referral.

Dennis Itumbi, the digital strategist for Kenya Kwanza, former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, and former Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga are three of The appointment of fifty Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) after the Public Service Commission made a recommendation (PSC).

President Ruto proposed Itumbi for the Minister of Information Communications and The Digital Economy in Kidero (Ministry of Investments, Commerce and Industry). Omanga was presented for the Interior Ministry alongside the previous governors of Narok, Samuel Tunai and Amb. Mohamud Ali Saleh.

PHOTO | COURTESY William oversaw the swearing-in of 50 CAS in the State House

Wilson Sossion, a former Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary general, former Laikipia Woman Representative Catherine Waruguru, and former Starehe Member of Parliament Charles Njagua Kanyi have each been proposed for the ministries of foreign and diaspora affairs, tourism, wildlife, and heritage, and youth affairs, arts, and sports, respectively.

Kirui Limo and Beatrice Nkatha were chosen for the National Treasury, while Alfred Agoi was nominated for the Ministry of Defence.