The Deputy President has been the forefront in leading the tangatanga team. To justify this DP Ruto has always claimed he is moving round different counties in the country to supervise government projects and even foresee the top agenda of the government are implemented.
The new sermon by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Cabinet Secretaries may have given a wake call and also helped Ruto gain more followers.
He told CSs that being a government official does not mean just attending meetings. “It means going to the ground and supervising projects and asking questions about the stalled ones. The only thing we want to do is to see ourselves on TV and newspapers. We need to work for these people. We have been given those positions so that we can work for them,” he said.
Just like he made a quiet working visit to the Coast some time back, making impromptu visits and inspecting projects, catching government officials unawares, President Kenyatta said the CSs should also ensure service delivery the same way.
Together with General Mwathethe, the President said, they had made night visits to the Liwatoni Fisheries Complex to recover the fish landing site.
“We used to go round at night and some of you did not even know that we were here and we finished our work and left knowing what we had planned. Why can’t CSs do the same?” he asked.
Speaking after the launch of the Kenya Coast Guard Service in Liwatoni, Mombasa, President Kenyatta said the CSs should personally oversee projects, including inspecting building of roads, and not just sitting in their offices.
The Head of State said he avoided involving CSs in the formation of the Kenya Coast Guard Service because “I knew they would have cited a huge amount of money for the same”.
“I knew they will start telling me about billions required and other stories. I started the plans with General Mwathethe (Chief of Kenya Defence Forces General Samson) quietly as we knew some people will bring up some politics here and there,” President Kenyatta said.
Do you think by CS supervising the work, the Big Four Agenda will be achieved easily?