Kenyans will have to wait a little longer to feel the impact of the Kenya Kwanza regime under President William Ruto.
Belgut MP Nelson Koech says the new administration's performance will be felt after the Cabinet is fully constituted.
"Kenyans won’t realise the impact of the policies President William Ruto has pronounced until we fully constitute a Cabinet. The hustlers will have to wait a little bit longer to feel the impact of the new government," he said on Tuesday.
In early September, Ruto promised to implement a raft of policies and projects within his first 100 days in office, top on the list being lowering the cost of living.
He also promised to tackle corruption, effect timely disbursement of funds to counties, name 50 per cent of women in his Cabinet and establish a Sh50 billion Hustlers Fund to offer affordable financing to SMEs in the country.
Within the first 28 days of his reign, the President has fulfilled the pledge of appointing judges of the appellate court, reversed port services to Mombasa and assigned official responsibilities to his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
Names of Ruto’s 22-member Cabinet nominees and four nominees to Cabinet-level portfolios were tabled in the National Assembly last week, among them are ten women.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula directed the gazettement of the nominees last Friday, October 7, meaning the vetting will start this week.
"The Committee on Appointments once formed immediately commences the process of consideration of the nominees to enable speedy conclusion of the vetting process. This should be done on Friday following which the Committee on Appointments should commence approval hearings,” the speaker said.
Wetang’ula further directed that the report on Cabinet nominees vetting be tabled on or before October 27 so that Parliament can debate and ultimately approve or reject the names.
According to the timeline provided by the speaker, the National Assembly has until November 3 to approve the names of the CSs.
