Najib Balala kicked out of cabinet

Kabaridi · 2012-03-27T16:53:21+00:00

Uhuru-Ruto allies biggest beneficiaries of reshuffle By NJERI RUGENE nrugene@ke.nationmedia.com and BENJAMIN MUINDI bmuindi@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Monday, March 26 2012 at 22:30 Tourism Minister Najib Balala was fired from the Cabinet while three first term MPs were promoted to full minister in changes agreed between President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga at a meeting on Monday. MPs allied to Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto appeared to have been the beneficiaries of President Kibakis side of the coalition in the reshuffle, with the youthful Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa taking over the Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs docket from outspoken minister Mutula Kilonzo who has been moved to Education. Mr Balala, the Mvita MP, who has had a strained relationship with the Prime Minister, was replaced by fellow Coast MP Danson Mwazo of Voi. Mr Mwazo was an assistant minister for Livestock. Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau, becomes the minister of Nairobi Metropolitan after Mr Njeru Githae, who has been acting at the Treasury, was confirmed Finance minister. Mr Kamau, an ardent supporter of Mr Kenyatta from Muranga county, was a member of the Parliamentary Service Commission. His appointment is seen as a replacement for Environment Minister John Michuki, from the same county, who died last month. Mr Moses Wetangula now moves to the Trade ministry and will be replaced by Prof Sam Ongeri in Foreign Affairs. Share This Story 503Share Mr Chirau Mwakwere was transferred to the Environment ministry. Mr Wetangula rejoined his ministry last year, after a one-year stint in the cold following allegations of corruption in procurement of the Tokyo Embassy. Mr Kibaki re-appointed him to the Cabinet even before investigations into the allegations by a Parliamentary committee were made public. Mr Balala announced last week that he would quit ODM and contest the elections on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket, accusing his partys leadership of dictatorship. Prof Ongeri has had a complicated tenure at Education, with scandals unearthed on his watch. The biggest involved an estimated Sh4.6 billion reported stolen from the Kenya Education Sector Support Programme (KESSP). The programme stretched from 2005 to 2009, with the government and donors pooling resources to support free learning programmes in the countrys public schools.

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Start date Mar 27, 2012

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