On Tuesday, September 27, Kenya’s President William Ruto chaired his first Cabinet meeting since he took the oath of office.
In the meeting held at the State House in Nairobi, all the Cabinet Secretaries who were appointed by the previous regime attended.
According to photos doing rounds on social media, the Head of State was captured sharing light moments with ICT CS Joe Mucheru and his interior counterpart Fred Matiang’i.
The two were among four CSs who bitterly campaigned against the new regime.
Others who harshly criticized William Ruto in the build-up to the August 9, presidential election include Peter Munya (Agriculture), and Eugine Wamalwa (Defense).
During the 2022 presidential campaigns, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i and his ICT counterpart Joe Mucheru insulted the then deputy president William Ruto.
In most of their media interviews, the CSs exuded confidence that Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party flag bearer Raila Odinga will win the presidency in round one.
“We will not require around two-vote… All indicators are that he will take it in round one. The data we have, the opinion polls available, and many other factors point to that reality,” Mucheru said
In August, the ICT CS poked holes in William Ruto’s hustler manifesto saying that it is basically anchored on lies.
Mucheru who was speaking in Kiambu on Monday, August 23, during the launch of the Youth Fragility report during a youth conference organized by the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), Mucheru accused Ruto of hoodwinking the Kenyan youth through the hustler-manifesto.
In his 33-page speech, Mucheru said the Bottom-up economic model is not only outdated but also analog which cannot solve the problems Kenyan youths are facing including unemployment.
“We have heard some people promising analog solutions as part of a new economic blueprint to bring you prosperity. I am a student of economics and I don’t see the successful economic uplifting of our people carried on with outdated solutions,” Mucheru said.
