More likely changes after the reshuffle of Uhuru

It was a day of intrigues on Friday with various coordinated announcements as most of the affected people were caught off guard, with reporters invited to State House twice.

With the completion of the oversight of Cabinet Secretaries, Senior Secretaries and other senior officials – distinct from those of the Chiefs of Public Procurement who relied on information from the National Intelligence Service – the President could put the finishing touches to the team that he wants to entrust his legacy.

Friday's announcement plunged cabinet members they panic as most of them are no longer sure of their fate because information about the changes remain tightly guarded.

"Some influential people tried to make calls to find out what was going on, but they realized the answers," said a senior State House official, who spoke on a confidential basis.

This is an act of delicate balance that could also threaten his relationship with MP William Ruto, whose influence in various public appointments is recognized in the corridors of power .

In the ads, Manoah Esipisu, the former spokesman for the State House, appointed for a diplomatic mission, needs to streamline messages to the presidency. . His deputy Kanze Dena took first place in the interim capacity.

The Presidential Strategic Communication Unit has been characterized over the years by territorial wars between Esipisu and other directors. There have also been suspicions that some members of the team have leaked sensitive information. The release of the spokesperson is also a signal that the President is eager to completely reconstruct the inner circle of the State House.

Although their destiny is still unknown, it was a victory, even minor, for the directors of the PSCU. Kinyua and Dennis Itumbi after the release of Esipisu

Later in the evening, the Kenya Gazette also had new parastatal leaders who obviously designated the allies of the opposition leader Raila Odinga, sign that the handful with Kenyatta was beginning to bear fruit. 19659002]

The changes, all made when Ruto was in a public office in Isiolo, might also be of interest to experts wishing to analyze the relationship between the president and his deputy, who they believe is increasingly cold.

The campaigns, Kathleen Openda, was appointed president of Kenya's Institute of Mass Communication.

What the country has been dealing with since the unveiling of the Cabinet is disparate from the cordial working relationship that Mr. Kenyatta and Mr. Ruto have shown in their first term in office.

Usually, Ruto would not have missed such an opportunity

And in a break with the past, the President has not personally announced key changes, particularly involving the Cabinet and the PS, but left the task to Dena. 19659002] In the morning, the media were invited to the seat of power that saw the president announce changes in the army. Kenyatta appointed army commander, Lt. Gen. Robert Kibochi, the vice chief of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF).

Major-General Walter Koipaton becomes the new commander of the army while Major-General Francis Ogolla Commander of the Force. The highlight of the ceremony was the appointment of Fatuma Ahmed as Kenya's first female major-general after being promoted to a brigadier.

It would have been another mundane day, but shortly after 2 pm, journalists were summoned to State House, where Dena announced the new changes that affected some cabinet members, deputies and the diplomatic service . They were quickly followed by other changes in the police service announced by Secretary of the Interior Fred Matiang & # 39; i.

The changes of the afternoon were so secret that Dena received the notes from the president and that her staff had to transcribe what she had read They inadvertently omitted the name of Esther Koimett who was promoted investment secretary to PS Transportation. "The name of Esther Koimett was accidentally forgotten.The presidential assistants insisted that the changes were normal, but sources said that other changes are to be expected, even at the Cabinet level. because the president juggles with various interests in his second term.

"There is no need to read much in these changes. They were expected especially when one realized that there were vacancies in the offices of the main secretaries who had to be filled, "said David Murathe, a confidant of the president

.all features of the crackdown ongoing against corruption and counterfeit products that have flooded the Kenyan market for some time now.

Sources have said that Industrialization, the tutelage ministry of the Kenya Bureau of Standards, had frustrated the government policy of clearing goods in record time at the port of Mombasa

Mohamed's stay in the powerful ministry was also rendered untenable The merchants of the city protested against the government over the delay of their goods at

He was also involved in a disorderly altercation with Dr. Matiang & i about contaminated sugar. after rejecting allegations that some contained mercury. Ministry of African Affairs before it can barely make a mark. He is now moving to a ministry heavily loaded with the Big Four agenda.

The changes also changed the June 15 decree by creating new state departments that were not taken into account at the time of its publication. The renewal of Joe Okudo's tenure as the State Department of Tourism means that he will have to do his homework since the Tourism and Wildlife file was under Dr. Margaret Mwakiama.

President Kenyatta proved that he would be the last to dismiss someone. His public service is littered with incidents when he had the opportunity to dismiss individuals, but he fell short. Appointments of former police officers Ndegwa Muhoro and Joel Kitili highlight such cases.