Sunday, May 8, 2011

CABINET RESHUFFLE: SO WHAT'S THE DELAY?

By phil
« Thread Started Today at 1:32pm »

Fuel shortage blunders aside, the impending cabinet reshuffle is taking longer than expected.

While PNU want Ruto re-appointed back to cabinet ASAP, rumours are that Raila Odinga has expressly informed Kibaki that Ruto is no longer the ODM choice for cabinet and that he will be replaced by another MP from Rift Valley. Not just because Ruto has fallen out of political favour with ODM, but also because of the fact Ruto is among six Kenyans currently facing a possible indictment by the ICC for serious crimes against Kenyan civilians.

On the PNU side, is it true that Uhuru Kenyatta has refused to step aside from his DPM and Finance Ministry portfolios and that Kibaki has got no guts to sack him despite pressure from donors and development partners who have refused to engage with the ICC suspect?

While the Prime Minister is said to have already finalised his ODM side of the reshuffle, the PNU side are said to be caught in a quagmire with sources intimating that Head of Civil Service submitted his resignation months ago but Kibaki refused to accept it while other sources say Uhuru Kenyatta has declined to voluntarily resign thus being seen as causing a serious impediment to government business. Could Kibaki be ready to drop Uhuru and retain Muthaura?

So severe is the issues of cabinet reshuffle vis ICC trials that to date, cabinet has met only 3 times since December 2010 when Ocampo named the six suspects. And in those three meetings, the business conducted was far from significant. In the meantime, president continue to meet individual ministers intermittently and only to conduct urgent matters of state.

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