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NEWS
Kibaki names Raila PM in new Cabinet

Story by ANTHONY KARIUKI
Publication Date: 4/13/2008

President Kibaki has named ODM leader Raila Odinga the Prime Minister in a 40-member grand coalition Cabinet.

The announcement has come after weeks of tense negotiations between the two leaders.

President Kibaki, accompanied by Mr Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, announced the new Cabinet in a live address to the nation from State House, Nairobi.

President Kibaki said that the new cabinet will move fast to heal the nation.

“The new Cabinet will prioritise resettlement of displaced persons so that they can resume their normal lives and play their part in nation building.”

Gatundu South MP Uhuru Kenyatta and his Sabatia counterpart Musalia Mudavadi of the government coalition and ODM respectively are the new deputy prime ministers.

Apart from their new postings, Uhuru and Mudavadi were also handed Trade and Local Government dockets respectively.

Pentagon members William Ruto (Agriculture), Charity Ngilu (Water), Najib Balala (Tourism) and Joe Nyaga (Cooperatives) make the list.

As expected, the government retained the powerful portfolios: Finance (Amos Kimunya ), Justice and Constitutional Affairs (Martha Karua), Defence (Yusuf Haji) and Internal Security ( Prof George Saitoti).

Of the contentious ministries- at the centre of the delayed naming of the Cabinet- Foreign Affairs, Roads, Transport, Energy and Local Government, ODM only filled Roads (Kipkalya Kones) and Local Government ( Musalia Mudavadi).

The new-look Cabinet now comprises of : President, Vice President, Prime Minister, two deputy prime ministers and other ministers.

Prime Minister Odinga becomes only the second person to hold the office after Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya, served a short stint in the same capacity at the dawn of Independence.

He will have power to coordinate and supervise other ministries.

The naming of the new Cabinet comes against a backdrop of sustained pressure from the International Community, the Church, civil society, politicians and the Kenyan public on the two leaders to agree on a final list.

Kenya was thrown into a political turmoil after the December 27 presidential election failed to produce a clear winner. The violence that followed left more than 1,000 people dead, over 350,000 displaced and property worth billions of shillings destroyed.

It took the intervention of the international community, acting through the African Union, to broker a peace deal between the two leaders in an effort led by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.

The announcement comes as a relief to the thousand of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) -uprooted from their homes after violence broke out in the wake of disputed presidential results – living in tented camps countrywide, who are keen on a political settlement so that they return to their homes.

Full Cabinet list

Office of the President

Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security
Minister: Prof George Saitoti
Assistant Ministers: Simon Lesirma and Joshua Orwa Ojode

Ministry of State for Defence
Minister: Yusuf Haji
Assistant Ministers: David Musila and Joseph Nkaisserry

Office of the Vice President
Vice President and Minister for Home Affairs: Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka
Assistant Minister: Lorna Laboso

Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons
Minister: Gerald Otieno Kajwang’
Assistant Minister: Francis Baya

Ministry of State for National Heritage & Culture:
Minister: William ole Ntimama
Assistant Minister: Joel Onyancha Omagwa

Office of the Prime Minister:
Prime Minister: Raila Amollo Odinga
Assistant Minister: Alfred Khang’ati

Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030:
Minister: Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya
Assistant Minister: Peter Kenneth

Ministry of State for Public Service:
Minister: Dalmas Anyango Otieno
Assistant Minister: Aden Ahmed Sugow

Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Trade:
Deputy PM and Minister for Trade: Uhuru Kenyatta
Assistant Minister: James Omingo Magara

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government
Deputy PM and Minister for Local Government: Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi
Assistant Minister: Robison Njeru Githae

Ministry of East African Community
Minister: Amason Kingi Jeffah
Assistant Minister: Peter Munya

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Moses Wetangula
Assistant Minister: Richard Momoima Onyonka

Ministry of Finance
Minister: Amos Kimunya
Assistant Minister: Dr. Oburu Oginga

Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs
Minister: Martha Karua
Assistant Minister: William Cheptumo Kipkorir

Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development
Minister: Mutula Kilonzo
Assistant Minister: Elizabeth Ongoro Masha

Ministry of Roads
Minister: Kipkalya Kones
Assistant Ministers: Wilfred Machage and Lee Kinyanjui

Ministry of Public Works
Minister: Chris Obure
Assistant Minister: Dickson Wathika Mwangi

Ministry of Transport
Minister: Chirau Ali Makwere
Assistant Minister: John Harun Mwau

Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Minister: Charity Kaluki Ngilu
Assistant Minister: Mwangi Kiunjuri

Ministry of Regional Development Authorities
Minister: Fredrick Omulo Gumo
Assistant Minister: Judah Katoo ole Metito

Ministry of Information & Communications
Minister: Samuel Poghisio
Assistant Ministers: George Munyasa Khaniri and Dhadho Godhana

Ministry of Energy
Minister: Kiraitu Murungi
Assistant Ministers: Charles Keter and Maalim Mohamud Mohamed

Ministry of Lands
Minister: Aggrey James Orengo
Assistant Ministers: Silvester Wakoli Bifwoli and Samwel Gonzi Rai

Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
Minister: John Michuki
Assistant Ministers: Ramadhan Seif Kajembe and Jackson Kiplagati Kiptanui

Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife
Minister: Noah Wekesa
Assistant Minister: Josphat Koli Nanok

Ministry of Tourism
Minister: Mohamed Najib Balala
Assistant Minister: Cecily Mtito Mbarire

Ministry of Agriculture
Minister: William Samoei Ruto
Assistant Ministers: Japhet Kareke Mbiuki and Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki

Ministry of Livestock Development
Minister: Mohamed Abdi Kuti
Assistant Minister: Bare Aden Duale

Ministry of Fisheries Development
Minister: Paul Nyongesa Otuoma
Assistant Minister: Mohamed Abu Abuchiaba

Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands
Minister: Ibrahim Elmi Mohamed
Assistant Minister: Hussein Tarry Sasura

Ministry of Cooperatives Development
Minister: Joseph Nyagah
Assistant Minister: Linah Jebii Kilimo

Ministry of Industrialisation
Minister: Henry Kiprono Kosgey
Assistant Minister: Ndiritu Murithi

Ministry of Housing
Minister: Peter Soita Shitanda
Assistant Minister: Bishop Margaret Wanjiru Kariuki

Ministry of Special Programmes
Minister: Dr. Naomi Namsi Shabani
Assistant Minister: Mohamed Muhamud Ali

Ministry of Gender and Children Affairs
Minister: Esther Murugi Mathenge
Assistant Minister Atanas Manyala Keya

Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation
Minister: Beth Wambui Mugo
Assistant Minister: Dr. James Ondicho Gesami

Ministry of Medical Services
Minister: Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o
Assistant Minister: Danson Buya Mungatana

Ministry of Labour
Minister: John Kiyonga Munyes
Assistant Minister: Sospeter Ojamaa Ojamong’

Ministry of Youth and Sports
Minister: Dr. Helen Jepkemoi Sambili
Assistant Ministers: Wavinya Ndeti and Kabando wa Kabando

Ministry of Education
Minister: Samson Kegeo Ongeri
Assistant Ministers: Prof. Patrick Ayiecho Olweny and Andrew Calist Mwatela

Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Minister: Dr. Sally Jepngetich Kosgey
Assistant Ministers: Kilemi Mweria and Asman Abongotum Kamama

Office of the Attorney General
Attorney General: Amos Wako

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Subject: Re: Cabinet Named