Most of his former cabinet was brought back with former Defence Secretary Aden Duale the main ministerial scalp...
The only sop to the protestors was that Aden Duale was demoted from defence to forestry minister though Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki who many held culpable alongside Duale for the abduction and killing of scores of protestors and organisers stays in post...
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On 19 July he announced the return of six ministers which include Defence Minister Aden Duale and five new ministers: Debra Mulongo Barasa (Health) Julius Migos Ogamba (Education) Andrew Mwihia Karanja (Agriculture and Livestock Development) Eric Muriithi Muuga (Water Sanitation and Irrigation) and Margaret Nyambura Ndung'u (Information Communication and Digital Economy)...
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Defence Minister Aden Duale then sent in the Kenya Defence Forces to back up the police...
Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Defence Aden Duale a long-time Ruto loyalist has sought to strengthen his influence in government in recent months we hear (AC Vol 63 No 20 Loyalty trumps all in Ruto's cabinet)...
In recent days Odinga and other opposition leaders and Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale a long-time Ruto loyalist have sought to clear Ogolla of any wrongdoing at Bomas...
When Kenyan Defence Minister Aden Duale insisted that the foray into Congo-K would last no more than a year many heard echoes of the assurance that had justified the country's entry into Somalia over a decade ago in pursuit of Al Shabaab...
Overseeing the three by-elections on 5 January caused by President Ruto's decision to elevate Garissa Township MP Aden Duale Kandara MP Alice Wahome and Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen to cabinet is likely to be the final act of the Chebukati commission...
Garissa Township MP Aden Duale another Ruto loyalist will become Defence Minister should parliament approve him while Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen a key player in Ruto's inner circle bags the Roads Transport and Public Works ministry...
But confident of receiving cabinet jobs are Aden Duale and Kipchumba Murkomen the former majority leaders of the National Assembly and Senate who lost their positions in 2020 at the height of the power struggle between Ruto and Kenyatta over control of the Jubilee party...