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Kenya: Cabinet Secretaries Are Free to Advance Political Interests – Yatani

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Nairobi — Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani has defended Cabinet colleagues who have come under fierce criticism for picking sides in the 2022 succession debate saying Cabinet Secretaries have a constitutional right to engage in politics for the country’s development.

Yatani who spoke during a meeting between Mount Kenya Foundation and Northern Kenya leaders under the UPYA movement, a regional political caucus he leads, insisted it was well within the law for Cabinet Secretaries to politic.

“There is no problem at all for Cabinet Secretaries engaging in politics. It’s their constitutional right,” the CS said.

Yatani’s remarks mirror similar sentiments expressed by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya who on Tuesday said he will not shy away or be intimated when it comes to engaging in matters politics.

“We who were politicians before we become Cabinet Secretaries. We will not accept intimidation from anyone, we know the law. We have rights to engage in politics and to give opinion on direction of politics like any other politician,” Munya stated.

The former Meru Governor who lost his re-election bid to Kiraitu Murungi, a single-term Senator (2013 -2017) and Minister of Constitutional Affairs under President Mwai Kibaki, said the involvement of Cabinet Secretaries in politics doesn’t not in anyway interfere with their mandate and policy implementation.

“We will continue serving the Jubilee government by implementing policies. We know that politics goes hand in hand with development,” he said.