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Saturday 27 April 2013

Public appointments regional or Qualification based?

The recent cabinet nominations have ellicited different reactions from different groups especially regional bigwigs who claim to have been short-changed.

MPs from the Maasai community and Turkana led  by Joseph Nkaissery and Gideon Konchella claim that the list constitutes regional imbalanc. they argue that their communities ought to be given posts in the cabinet otherwise they will mobilize their supporters to shhot down the list in Parliament. leader ofg minority in parliament Jacob Midiwo has aalso challenged the list and Questioned the inclusion of Charity Ngilu.


Najib Balala at a Tourism Function
Some coast province leaders are also unmoved by the Mining industy given to former Tourism Minister Najib Balala claiming tghat he represents the Arabs at the coas and not the Mijikenda which according to formrer Kaloleni MP Mr. Kambi kazungu are the majority.

A question posed by these scenarios is if the cabinet secretary posts are to be filled in terms of regions or on basis of professional qualifications and experience. A look at the constitution reveals a free for all scenario.

There has been an outcry from certain quarters about the lack of a youthful Cabinet Secretary despite the Jubilee Digital-brand during the elections. this is amplified possibly by the scrapping of the initial ministry of Youths and Sports.

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