Ruto: Office of First Lady scrapped from budget

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President William Ruto and wife Rachel Ruto in a past event. [File, Standard]

Offices of the First Lady Rachel Ruto and Second Lady Dorcas Rigathi will not be included in the new budget, President William Ruto has announced.

The President made the remarks during a roundtable with journalists at State House on Sunday, June 30.

"Offices such as that of the First Lady have existed before, but from tomorrow we are going to do away with that and other offices so that we can check our spending," he said.

Additionally, the president said Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) positions will be scrapped off.

"On CASs, the court declared themselves on that and we have respected that. No CAS will be appointed until we have an economy that supports more opportunities," he said.

The president had appointed 50 CAS's to serve in office but a petition filed in court had challenged the creation of the positions.

Had the nominees been approved by parliament, it could have cost taxpayers Sh460 million yearly in gross salaries.

On opulence of some Kenya Kwanza- allied leaders, the Head of State said ; "I promise you, watch this space. Going forward you will see changes because we must do something about opulence and extravagance. We are going to take measures that will put us in the right place," he said.