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The boss said what matters is service delivery to Kenyans and not where Kuria and Mudavadi should sit.
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She said Mudavadi and Kuria can sort out the office space issue among themselves.
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National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Boss has said the "tussle" between Public Service CS Moses Kuria and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi is not one to be solved by President William Ruto.
Boss termed the tussle as a non-issue that ought not to make any headlines adding that Ruto should not be dragged into the matter.
The boss said asking the President to intervene would be ridiculous.
"I think the President has more important matters to deal with. I don't think it is something that we should dwell on. But Kenyans love speculating yet there are some things we should just dismiss. Office locations are a non-issue. I don't think it should make headlines," she said.
The boss said what matters is service delivery to Kenyans and not where Kuria and Mudavadi sit.
She said Mudavadi and Kuria can sort out the office space issue among themselves.
"It is a non-issue. It is like discussing whether my daughter should sleep in the other room and whether my son should move to the other one, and where my housekeeper should sleep," she said.
The Deputy Speaker spoke on Monday during an interview with Citizen TV.
On Sunday, Kuria refuted media reports that he is in a tussle with Mudavadi over office spaces.
Kuria in a post on X described Mudavadi as a close friend.
"Contrary to media reports today, there is no tug of war between myself and my senior and close friend Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi. The PCS will continue operating from Railways Headquarters and myself from Harambee House," Kuria said.
Kuria said the Prime Cabinet Secretary who also doubles up as the Foreign Affairs CS will continue operating from Railways Headquarters where he has been.
Kuria said his office is at Harambee House.
"Principal Secretary for Performance and Delivery Management Veronicah Nduva will also be based at Harambee House," the CS said.
He said PS Nduva will oversee Government Delivery Services, Performance Contracting, State Corporations Advisory Committee and Inspectorate of State Corporations as per Executive Order Number 1 of 2023 from the Harambee House office.
This came after the Head of Public Service Felix Koskei made adjustments to the physical addresses of ministries and state departments last Friday.
"We refer to the above subject matter and to the notification of Presidential Action of October 4, 2023. Following the Presidential Action on the Reorganisation of the Government of Kenya, we hereby notify you that the physical addresses for Ministries and State Departments (Ministerial Head Office) have been designated," Koskei said in a statement.
Koskei said the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi has been designated to the Old Treasury Building Harambee Avenue.
The Prime CS, however, said in a statement on Facebook that his office will nonetheless remain at the Railways Headquarters.
"For the avoidance of doubt, the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs remains at the Railways Headquarters," Mudavadi said.
According to Koskei, Kuria had been assigned an office at the Kenya Railways Headquarters off Haile Selassie Avenue.
Kuria was previously domiciled at the Two Rivers shopping Mall in Ruaka while serving as the Trade CS.