President William Ruto has appointed Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi as the acting CS for Interior.
Mudavadi’s acting role has been confirmed through a gazette notice dated Thursday, October 31, 2024.
“That pursuant to Article 152 (5)(a) of the Constitution, Hon. Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi, E.G.H., Prime Cabinet Secretary, and Cabinet Secretary, for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, is assigned as the Acting Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Interior and National Administration.
Mudavadi has been given the post following Kindiki’s appointment as the Deputy President.
As Mudavadi will balance his three cabinet roles for now, Kindiki is expected to be sworn in as the DP on Friday, November 1, 2024.
The former Tharaka-Nithi Senator was nominated and eventually approved by the National Assembly as the new DP following Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment.
Kindiki’s assumption of the office of the DP was given a greenlight following a High Court ruling on Thursday, October 31, 2024.
Gachagua had obtained orders barring Kindiki from assuming his new role, but a three-bench lifted the orders.
“We are convinced and find that the current constitutional framework does not envision any scenario in which the office of the DP would remain vacant except during the brief period required to fill a vacancy,” Justice Anthony Mrima, who is among the judges who heard the Gachagua petitions, stated.
Justice Eric Ogola stated that the conservatory orders that had been issued by Kerugoya High Court on October 18, 2024, had been discharged.
“The applications for conservatory orders are hereby disallowed. The conservatory orders on October 18, 2024, in Kerugoya High Court are hereby discharged,” Justice Ogola said.