Ruto to preside over the swearing-in of ‘Hustle Cabinet’ at State House-Nairobi

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan President William Ruto will this Thursday morning witness the swearing-in of his new Cabinet Secretaries in State House, Nairobi.

The new cabinet team dubbed ‘Hustler Cabinet’ is now expected to deliver Kenya Kwanza’s Bottom Up Economic model aimed at uplifting the lives of ordinary Kenyans.

Mr Emmanuel Talam, State House Press Secretary, said that all the 24 cabinet secretaries will take the oath of office today.

The swearing-in comes just a day after the National Assembly approved the 24 nominees to various government ministerial positions.

The head of state will chair the Kenya Kwanza Parliamentary group meeting in the morning at State House.
This will be the first of its kind for the alliance after both Senate and National Assembly were fully constituted.

Both Members of Parliament and Senators from the coalition will be in attendance led by their house leaderships.

Earlier this President William Ruto announced that his administration will not revive the Kazi Mtaani program.

He was speaking during the launch of the affordable Social Housing Programme in Nairobi and said his administration will focus instead on affordable housing projects where residents especially the youth will be engaged.

President Ruto “We have plans for our young people who reside here and I understand you have a problem with unemployment I assure you that in this housing project, all of you will be involved and you will not only earn a living from it but you will also have a dignified place to call homes.”

The Kazi Mtaani Program was initiated by former President Uhuru Kenyatta and launched in April 2020 as a local economic recovery initiative and a form of social protection mechanism designed to cushion the youth and vulnerable citizens in informal settlements from economic hardships.

In the first and second phases of the program, over 280,000 youths were employed from 1,100 informal settlements in 47 counties.

They planted trees, created access roads, rehabilitated public facilities, built public toilets, and cleaned informal settlements and rivers among other works.

Kazi Mtaani beneficiaries were operating in two shifts, each working for 11 days a month and earning a decent living.

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