The
recent high profile political appointments carried out by President Uhuru
Kenyatta in Jubilee government was aimed at achieving a number of goals.
The
first appointments involving principal
secretaries and nomination of ambassadors was announced at night with questions
being raised as to why.
Senior
State House official Manoah Esipisu was given the mandate to make the
announcements by President Uhuru. We have established, the announcements were
made at the time to avoid change of “heart” among those involved in drafting
the changes and nominees from their respective allies who could have preferred
to have favoured faces.
Uhuru
is said to have consulted his deputy William Ruto before coming up with the
first list. Fear was, if the list was kept to the following day to be made
public, the possibility of not seeing the light were not ruled out.
This
was on the understanding that, whereas the DP and his United Republican Party
had been given places to fill, the TNA side decided to please certain players
remotely linked to Jubilee Alliance by allowing them to appoint. Insiders say
Uhuru wanted to reach out to former deputy prime minister.
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