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Kenya Puzzle

Kenya head of state addressing senior government officials at State House, Nairobi, on August 1, 2023: “I speak to many of you on the phone...I ask you questions on programs, on projects. And, I find that many of you don’t even know what is going on in your ministries or departments. You have very scant information. The moment I know more than you in your ministry, then you must begin to understand that something is very wrong..."

Media, October 2022 (media in PDF below): "Some of the President's [Cabinet Secretary, CS] nominees face charges, including murder, rape and corruption..."

When the head of state deliberately appoints incompetent people, criminals and scoundrels to head various ministries and government departments, then complains publicly that his appointees are incompetent, what does he expect the people to do?

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Recently, Mt Kenya politicians met the head of state at Sagana State Lodge, Nyeri, where they raised various issues affecting their people.

The head of state curtly told them off, and banned them from discussing these matters in public.

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William Ruto - The Puppet

In a normal country, if you are the head of state, and you call one of your Cabinet Secretaries (CS) - who has been in office for more than 6 months - and ask him a question about one of the departments in his ministry, only for you to realize that this CS does not even know there is such a department in his ministry, you sack him on the spot.

William Ruto has met these kind of scenarios, and even worse, from people he has appointed as CS, Permanent Secretaries (PS) and other senior government positions.

Ruto's reaction?

He complained publicly about the incompetence of his appointees...


William Ruto - The Puppet

what is going on?

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