Former nominated senator Isaac Mwaura has reiterated the need to have Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) in President William Ruto's government.
Speaking on Thursday in Nairobi, Mwaura said that cabinet secretaries are overwhelmed with many duties.
He said CASs will be able to help Ruto achieve the agenda he promised Kenyans during the campaign period.
"The other day, CSs and PSs signed performance contracts and there have been a lot of complaints that there is a lot of work. CSs are supposed to oversee their ministries which have several state departments, answer questions and appear before the plenary of both national and senate committees," he said.
"They are supposed to deal with international matters, attend cabinet and deal with county governments. They are only 22. There is a need for CASs who are technically assistants to the CSs."
Mwaura added that just like other offices that have deputies, CSs should be allocated deputies to help ease some responsibilities.
"Even the president has a deputy, the governor has a deputy even a teacher and at home, we have a man and a woman," he said.
The former legislator added that the government needs young and skilled people in the CASs post to implement the agenda.
He said the appeal on the case has wasted a whole year that would have been channelled to service delivery.
This is after the High Court declared Ruto’s appointment of 50 CASs unconstitutional.
The three-judge bench found that the law was not complied with in the establishment of the said office.
The appointment of the CASs was suspended after the Law Society of Kenya and the Katiba Institute challenged the President’s move on the grounds that the law only allowed him to appoint 23 CASs rather than 50.
However, Ruto told the 50 CASs to be patient and that he would work with them.
“I am going to work with all these leaders to steer our country forward. There is nothing lost, let us be patient my friends,” Ruto said during an event in Tana River last week.
