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Muturi Fired, Duale And Deborah Barasa Reshuffled in Ruto’s Cabinet Shake-up

by Daily Trends
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President William Ruto has fired Justin Muturi as Public Service Cabinet Secretary in his latest Cabinet reshuffle.

Ruto has nominated Mbeere North MP Geoffrey Ruku to replace Muturi.

Hanna Cheptumo has also been nominated as Gender, Culture, Arts, and Heritage CS, a position Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has been holding in an acting capacity.

“THE TWO nominees are expected to bring to Cabinet not only the knowledge and experience acquired over the course of their illustrious careers but, above all, their wisdom accumulated from their inspiring and diverse life journeys,” a communique from the head of public service, Felix Koskei, issued on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, read.

Ruto has also reshuffled his cabinet. The reshuffle has affected CS Aden Duale, who has been moved from the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry to the Ministry of Health.

CS Deborah Barasa Mulongo has been moved to the Ministry of Environment.

The changes come just hours after Muturi fired back at Ruto for terming him as being fairly incompetent when he served as the country’s attorney general.

Ruto, while hosting an Iftar dinner at State House, Nairobi, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, said that Muturi was fairly incompetent, making him fail to achieve some of his initiatives.

I had a problem with the AG who was there before—he was fairly incompetent. But now, I have a very competent lady in the position, and I can assure you that the issues of Wakf will be sorted out within months,” Ruto said.

However, Muturi, in a statement issued via his official X account on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, faulted Ruto for what he termed as pushing for the establishment of the Muslim Endowment Fund without following due process.

Muturi, who has been speaking truth to power since coming out to speak against the wave of abductions, said that there was no legal framework supporting the establishment of the endowment under the Waqf Act No. 8 of 2022.

“Under the Waqf Act no. 8 of 2022, there’s no provision for a “Muslim Endowment Fund “. It must be understood that a waqf is a religious, charitable, or benevolent endowment by a person who professes the Muslim faith and is managed by the Waqf Commission,” Muturi stated.

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Muturi Fires Back at Ruto For Calling Him Incompetent

by Daily Trends
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Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has fired back at President William Ruto just hours after he termed him as being fairly incompetent when he served as the country’s attorney general.

Ruto while hosting an Iftar dunner at State House, Nairobi, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, said that Muturi was fairly incompetent, making him fail to achieve some of his initiatives.

I had a problem with the AG who was there before—he was fairly incompetent. But now, I have a very competent lady in the position, and I can assure you that the issues of Wakf will be sorted out within months,” Ruto said.

However, Muturi in a statement issued via his official X account on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, faulted Ruto for what he termed as pushing for the establishment of the Muslim Endowment Fund without following due process.

Muturi, who has been speaking truth to power since coming out to speak against the wave of abductions, said that there was no legal framework supporting the establishment of the endowment under the Waqf Act No. 8 of 2022

“Under the Waqf Act no.8 of 2022, there’s no provision for a “Muslim Endowment Fund “. It must be understood that a waqf is a religious,charitable or benevolent endowment by a person who professes Muslim faith and is managed by the Waqf Commission,” Muturi stated.

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Justin Muturi Hints at Running for Presidency in 2027

by Jacinta Mbithi
written by Jacinta Mbithi

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has hinted at running for the presidency in the next 2027 general elections.

Speaking during an interview with Citizen TV on the JKLIVE show on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Muturi said that while his decision to run for the presidency lies with the electorate, he will still consider it should Kenyans ask him to vie.

He argued that he had offered himself for the presidency in 2022, before he shelved his ambition and supported President William Ruto in the Kenya Kwanza alliance.

“Some of these things are the ones you need to leave to the electorate. Kenyans will decide these kind of things. If Kenyans were to ask me, why not? Remember in 2022, I had offered,” Muturi said.

Should he vie, Muturi will be among the candidates seeking to unseat President William Ruto, whom he seems to have since fallen out with following his stance on the abductions and extrajudicial killings. The fallout has seen the CS skip several Cabinet meetings months after he addressed a press conference calling out the government on abductions.

Justin Muturi’s Kenya Kwanza exit

This comes moments after the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP), a party affiliated with him, issued a notice to leave the Kenya Kwanza Coalition.

Muturi, during his JKLIVE interview, confirmed that he was aware of the party’s decision, saying it did not have to inform him of the intent to leave the Kenya Kwanza coalition because it is at liberty to make decisions.

“The party doesn’t have to inform me these days about the activities that they are doing because they do the normal things. The management committee and they are at liberty to make whatever decision they feel it is in the best interest of the party, and therefore they did not have to inform me about the decision to write to the registrar about the desire to exit the coalition,” Muturi said.

Muturi’s party issued a 30-day notice to exit the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, with Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu confirming that her office had received the letter.

“Kindly take notice that our stay in Kenya Kwanza is no longer tenable due to prevailing political developments,” the notice signed by DP Secretary General Dr. Jacob Haji and dated March 7, 2025, read in part.

“The Democratic Party of Kenya, through this letter, hereby gives a 30-day notice to exit the coalition, as stipulated in termination clause 8 of the coalition agreement.”

Muturi further said that he had just learned of the letter after it had been submitted.

“I just saw the letter also; whether I am okay with it or not, it is a decision that has been made by an organ of the party that I believe it is authorised to make the decision.”

Muturi joined the Kenya Kwanza alliance through the DP party under an agreement signed in May 2022, making the party one of the alliance’s constituent members.

The DP delegates had earlier installed Muturi as the party leader during a meeting on February 22, 2022, but he resigned from the position following his appointment as the attorney general.

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Justin Muturi explains reasons for boycotting Cabinet meetings

by Jacinta Mbithi
written by Jacinta Mbithi

Public Service Cabinet Secretary (CS) Justin Muturi says he has asked to be excused from Cabinet meetings until the topics of extrajudicial murders and police kidnappings were discussed.

Over the last three months, Muturi has missed three Cabinet meetings: January 21, February 11, and March 11, 2025. This has led to speculation that he and President William Ruto may not get along.

Muturi clarified on Wednesday’s appearance on Citizen TV’s JKLive Show that although he is required to attend Cabinet meetings, he had asked President William Ruto for permission to be excused from them because of his position on the extrajudicial killings and police abductions that gained widespread attention after the anti-government protests in June 2024.

“It is mandatory to attend meetings unless given authority or excused by the chair of the Cabinet, who is the president but people do get indisposed for all manner of reasons. In my case, I have written and sought to be excused from Cabinet meetings unless the agenda of abductions and extrajudicial killings is formally tabled before Cabinet, through a Cabinet memorandum, so that the Cabinet is able to express itself and give the country the way forward with regards to abductions and extrajudicial killings. So, I sought to be excused for these reasons,” Muturi said.

The former Attorney General dismissed accusations of insubordination over recent comments he made that appeared to paint the current regime in an unfavorable light, expressing confidence in his role in the Cabinet.

Muturi claims that his action in denouncing the President and the government for the kidnappings and murders of Gen Z demonstrators late last year was in line with his sworn duty as a public servant and that he ought to be commended for it.

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Ruto’s Project? Itumbi Alleges Deep State’s Secret Plot To Kill Speaker Muturi Politically

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Is National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi someone’s political project in 2022? Well, Deputy President William Ruto’s aide has alleged a plot by State House operatives to stop the third in command from proceeding with his 2022 presidential ambitions.

Speaker Muturi has declared his interest in succeeding President Uhuru Kenyatta, and has on several occasions denied being anyone’s project.

Taking to his official social media accounts on Saturday September 18, 2021, Itumbi alleged that the ‘deep state’ has instructed the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to go after Muturi.

According to Itumbi, KRA has already opened a tax file on speaker Muturi and is preparing to write a tax payment demand letter to him.

Itumbi further alleges that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has been asked to swing into action and investigate the construction of a building in Parliament that was started during the coalition government (2008) but not completed to date.

“The idea is attempt to link the Speaker to the mess,” Itumbi posted on Facebook.

The former State House director of digital communications goes on to claim that EACC has been instructed to act with speed and after arrest they argue the Court decision that bars Governors from accessing office once charged with alleged graft from accessing office will apply to the Speaker.

Below is Itumbi’s long post on Facebook.

The Hustler Nation Intelligence Bureau ( HNIB) agents have picked reports that the Finance CS has instructions from State House to go after National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi.

1. KRA has already opened a TAX File on him. The instructions are to write a Tax payment demand letter to the Speaker. Letter ready.

2. EACC asked to swing into action and investigate the construction of a building in Parliament (that was started during the coalition government (2008) & whose contractors were sourced by ODM) but not completed to date)…The idea is attempt to link the Speaker to the mess.

3. Activities of a company called VIP Portal to be probed. A KEMSA (not COVID) Related investigation is on.

4. EACC instructed to act with speed and after arrest they argue the Court decision that bars Governors from accessing office once charged with alleged graft from accessing office will apply to the Speaker.

5. The Plan B is to attempt a Vote of No Confidence, which they admit is a more diffucult route.**************Additionally, Today, a NEW leader to take over the Kikuyu Council of Elders Chairman from ( Wachira Kiago) and Kiama Kia Ma head ( Captain Kungu)The new guy is from Kirinyaga.It is so DECLASSIFIED!

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Speaker Justin Muturi Breaks Silence on Reports of MPs Testing Positive For Covid-19

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi has broken his silence on reports indicating that six Members of Parliament have tested positive for Covid-19.

Muturi in a statement issued to newsrooms has dismissed claims that six MPs tested positive for coronavirus.

According to him, only two lawmakers tested positive and one of them has since been discharged from hospital and is in isolation.

“I wish to note that, as of today, June 30, 20120, far from the speculations reported in the media and elsewhere, information available to the Office of Speaker indicate that, we have two cases of the virus that have been reported among Members of Parliament,” he said in a statement.

His statement comes a day after a local publication reported that there were six MPs who were admitted to various hospitals after contracting the COVID-19 disease.

It was further reported that one of the allegedly ill MPs was in critical condition in an Intensive Care Unit.

However, on Tuesday, Speaker Muturi was categorical that media should desist from sensationalising the coronavirus cases in Parliament.

Muturi further stated that the other MP who is yet to be discharged from hospital has also been attended to and is now in stable condition in general ward care.

He noted that the Parliament has taken several steps to combat spread of the virus including limitation of the number of MPs accessing the chamber; designation of holding-areas for MPs; adoption of virtual sittings for committees where applicable as well as working-from-home measures for members of staff.

Kenya has reported an additional 176 cases of coronavirus with the total number of cases now at 6,366.

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Speaker Muturi Deals Mohamed Ali a Major Blow in His Bid to Impeach CS Macharia

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

Nyali MP Mohamed Ali has been dealt a major blow in his bid to impeach Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia.

This is after the speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi on Tuesday June 23, 2020 ruled that the journalist-turned politician’s motion did not meet the required threshold hence not admissible.

The MP while moving the impeachment motion against CS Macharia had accused him of three allegations. First, the lawmaker wants the CS impeached for gross violation of article 10 (1)(c) and 2(a) of the Kenyan constitution.

By failing to undertake public participation with leaders, stakeholders, or even departments within the ministry of transport in implementation of a policy decision to have cargo from Mombasa transported via Standard Gauge Railway, the MP said CS Macharia was in gross violation of the constitution.

He also accused the CS of gross misconduct contrary to the provisions of Article 125 of the Kenyan constitution. Mohamed Ali said CS Macharia has, in several meetings between him and parliamentary committees, appeared to commit perjury by lying under oath and giving evidence in parliament through provision of inaccurate information.

CS Macharia had also been accused of gross violation of Article 73 of the Kenyan constitution on leadership and integrity, by overseeing stalled projects worth Sh100 billion, overseeing loss of Sh1.5 billion housing project scandal and overseeing of the Sh5.2 billion Afya House scandal.

Moha had collected over 100 signatures in support of his motion, but some of the lawmakers that had signed the petition, later said that they were withdrawing their signatures, arguing that the lawmaker had ticked them that he was planning to take a loan.

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Orengo Schools Speakers Lusaka, Muturi on Constitution After This Embarrassment

by Brian Miano
written by Brian Miano

Senate Minority Leader James Orengo on Tuesday April 7, 2020 tore into speakers of both houses, the senate speaker Ken Lusaka and the National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi.

This is after the duo went ahead to dismiss the sittings of both houses amid he coronavirus pandemic.

The Siaya County senator has dismissed the move by both speakers, accusing them of going against the parliamentary rules and laws.

In a letter dated April 7 and seen by Dailytrends.co.ke , Orengo terms the move by the two house speakers as constitutional.

The senior counsel notes that these are difficult terms where all organs of the government must work together in harmony and unison to deal with the worst health scourge.

He cites that even in these hard times of coronvirus pandemic, the constitution and the rule of law have not been suspended, and thus, they must be followed by each and everyone.

He however, regrets that speakers Lusaka and Muturi arbitrarily suspended lawfully convened sittings of the National Assembly and the senate.

“But even in these hard times the constitution and the rule of law have not been suspended. It is regrettable that speakers of both houses of Parliament have arbitrarily suspended lawfully convened sittings of the National Assembly and the senate,” reads part of the letter.

Orengo goes on to note that no consultations were undertaken with the leadership of both houses or apopropriate committees of parliament to ensure strict compliance with law the law and the rules of parliament.

He says that the senate and parliament operate on a calendar and can never be prorogued or have its sittings suspended by any form of device or craft.

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Senate turns down call by MPs to shelve court route

by Mustafa Juma
written by Mustafa Juma

The senate has turned down a call by MPs to shelve plans to sue the National Assembly over 18 pieces of legislation that were enacted without the input of the Senate.

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi on Wednesday wrote to his Senate counterpart Kenneth Lusaka, asking the House to put on hold its plans.

“In accordance with the provisions of the National Assembly Standing Orders, I hereby implore the Senate to consider, as a first instance, alternative mechanisms of resolving any dispute that may, from time to time, arise between the two Houses of Parliament,” Muturi said.

Lusaka conveyed Muturi’s message to the House on Wednesday.

But Senators rejected Muturi’s call prompting Lusaka to refer the matter to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee chaired Nandi’s Samson Cherargei. 

Senate Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen and his Minority counterpart James Orengo said they will move to court next week to seek an interpretation of the Constitution on the roles of the Senate.

“If the Constitution requires us to defend the responsibility and the work of the Senate, we will do that, even if it means going to court or any institution,” Murkomen said.

Orengo said Muturi’s letter was a justification that the leadership of the National Assembly was aware the House was violating the Constitution.

“This letter is good evidence to attach to an affidavit to show the National Assembly was not following the law,” Orengo said.

The Siaya senator said, “Come next week, this matter will be in a different forum and it will be decided. One day, it will dawn on the National Assembly there is something called the Constitution.” 

Senators last week resolved to sue Muturi for “ignoring them when passing laws.”

They said MPs failed to seek their concurrence in passing laws and 83 other bills that are currently before the National Assembly. 

“This process is very important for the Constitution. It has nothing to do with the competition of the Senate and the National Assembly,” Murkomen said. 

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