The President has ended the Cabinet's Naivasha retreat with changes on engaging with government policies and priorities.
The Cabinet was split into five clusters, including security, whose chairman will be President Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy chairperson Defense CS Raychelle Omamo.
Productive and infrastructure sectors will be chaired by Tourism CS Najib Balala and Agricultural transformation and environment protection by Agriculture CS Willy Bett.
Human Capital Development will be headed by Education CS Fred Matiang’i while the Governance and Public Administration cluster will be chaired by AG Githu Muigai.
It was also agreed that the cabinet will be meeting twice a month to review goals.
State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu gave an address at Great Rift Valley Lodge at the end of the retreat on Wednesday.
Esipisu said the Cabinet resolved that no new projects will be undertaken in the next financial year.
“The President was very clear that no new projects will be started within the next financial year, with the focus remaining on completion of projects and programmes already underway,” he said.
He noted that the government is keen on the Standard Gauge Railway that he said is within budget and will reach Nairobi by June next year.
Days after the Council of Governors hit at the national government over the Sh38 billion hospital equipment services programme, Esipisu said it will carry on.
He said seven of the 98 targeted hospitals have been fully refurbished and equipped while dozens others will be equipped in the next 12 months.
On the general election, the spokesman said the Cabinet resolved to support and strengthen various IEBC programmes.
“The Cabinet will fund a number of IEBC programmes to make sure the elections go without any hitch,” he said.
On education, he said the government is committed to attaining 100 per cent transition of students from primary to secondary schools.
“The challenge is complex as we need to build thousands of new classrooms and put money into making day secondary schools entirely free,” he said.
Esipisu said the controversial laptop project was back on course and had kicked off in 150 pilot schools.
“The government is committed to making sure all primary schools have laptop. This will be achieved within the next twelve months,” he said.
He added: “In ICT the administration is working to ensure the digital learning programme is completed to fulfill a promise first made in the Jubilee campaign manifesto."
Concerning peace and reconciliation, Esipisu said the government is committed to national healing the country after the collapse of ICC cases.
He noted that there were no more IDPs in camps and that the government is keen on compensating all integrated IDPs.
“Cabinet appreciates that it is time to end the long nightmare of suffering that our brothers and sisters have endured,” he said.