President William Ruto has convened a Cabinet retreat in early February to review the performance of the Kenya Kwanza administration.
Like in previous such meetings, the Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries are expected to highlight their achievements and failures and elaborate on how they can improve to deliver on the Kenya Kwanza manifesto.
On August 1, Ruto expressed concern about several Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries seemingly unaware of developments within their ministries.
Speaking during the signing of performance contracts by CSs, PSs and Parastatal Heads, the President raised questions about their level of competence in running their dockets.
“I have found that many of you don’t know anything that is happening in your ministry through our interactions. I call many PS and ask them what is happening and yet they are not aware of what is happening, how do you run a ministry without information? That is the highest level of incompetence,” he said.
February’s meeting will be the third such retreat for the Ruto administration.
On November 16, 2023, Ruto and his Cabinet held a two-day retreat in Nairobi to assess the progress of his administration in the first year in office
Cabinet members, principal secretaries, and advisers were all in attendance and each ministry outlined its hits and misses for the year.
The event which was dubbed the ‘National Executive Pitstop retreat,’ provided a chance for the cabinet to reflect on the achievements and challenges of the Kenya Kwanza government.
The first kind of such meeting took place in January in Nanyuki.
The retreat comes at a time when there are cries by Kenyans over the skyrocketing cost of living.
