On February 3, President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered all state officials eying elective seats in the August 9, General Election to resign.
As at close of business on Wednesday, February 9, at least four Cabinet Secretaries and several Principal Secretaries (PSs), and Chief Administrative Secretaries (CASs) had tendered their resignation to swim in the murky waters of politics.
Those who have resigned have either joined Azimio la Umoja led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his handshake partner Raila Odinga or the Kenya Kwanza coalition being fronted by Deputy President William Ruto.
Analysts have since opined that the August 9, Presidential election is a two-horse race between ODM leader Raila Odinga and William Ruto.
A tracker by Kivumbi.co.ke has established that the former Prime Minister is the biggest beneficiary since only one Cabinet Secretaries out of the four who resigned has since joined William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza.
After her resignation, Water CS Sicily Kariuki appears to be leaning towards Azimio la Umoja ion whose ticket she will be using to vie for the Nyandarua gubernatorial seat.
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter and his Petroleum counterpart John Munyes resigned from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet.
Keter joined the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) on whose ticket he is set to contest for the Kericho Gubernatorial seat while Munyes is seeking to be the Governor of Turkana.
Although Munyes is yet to reveal which political party he will be using, it is clear that he is affiliated with the Azimio Coalition.
Other state officials who resigned and are allied to Kieleweke political camp include East African Community CAS Ken Obura, Education CAS Hassan Noor Hassan, Transport CAS Chris Obure, and Devolution CAS Gideon Mung’aro.
Others include former Rift valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya and Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs CAS Beatrice Elachi.
William Ruto’s Tanga Tanga political wing has however received the support of Tourism CAS Joseph Boinet, his Labour and Wildlife counterparts Patrick Ntutu and Fred Segor respectively.
Others who have joined William Ruto’s political camp include Petroleum and Mining CAS John Mosonik.
Kivumbi.co.ke has however established that some of the state officials who have called it a quits are yet to reveal which political wing they will be allied to as they seek elective posts in the upcoming polls.
