Pack and go, Uhuru Kenyatta tells 12 principal secretaries

President Kenyatta has axed 12 principal secretaries who were not reappointed when he named his second-term Cabinet in January.

The Nation has learnt that the Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua has written to the PSs terminating their contracts with immediate effect.

In one of the letters seen by the Nation, Mr Kinyua says the 12 were dismissed because the reconstitution of President Kenyatta’s government is complete.

In the letter addressed to Ms Fatuma Hersi Mohammed, who served in the ministry of Tourism, Mr Kinyua asks the dismissed PSs to prepare for their departure.

“You will be paid salary up to June 30, which will be your last working day,” Mr Kinyua writes.

He asked the PSs to hand over their offices to those appointed by Mr Kenyatta when he reconstituted his government in January.

In his January appointments, President Kenyatta named 31 principal secretaries, 15 less than the 46 who served in his first term.

He did not, however, clarify on the fate of the 12 who had served in the first term but were not on the new list.

Of the 12 whose fate remained unclear, six had their posts filled by new appointees.

The full list is as follows:

1. Arts, Culture - Joe Okudo

2. Broadcasting & Telecommunications - Sammy Itemere

3. Cooperatives Ali - Noor Ismail

4. Gender Services- Mwanamaka Mabruki

5. Housing & Urban Development - Aidah Munano

6. ICT & Innovation - Victor Kyalo

7. Transport- Patrick Nduati Mwangi

8. Labour - Khadija Kassachoom

9. Mining - Dr Mohammed Ibrahim Mahmud

10. Tourism - Fatuma Hersi

11. Planning - Wilson Nyakera Irungu

12. Vocational & Technical Training - Dr Dinah Jerotich Mwinzi