Photos: Ruto chairs Cabinet meeting in Mombasa

Environment CS Soipan Tuya (left) and EAC, Arid, and Semi-Arid Lands and Regional Development CS Penina Malonza arrive at State House, Mombasa for a Cabinet meeting. [PCS]

The Cabinet Secretaries kept time. The Standard has since established that by 8:15 am, Friday, November 3, they had all gathered for the meeting chaired by the president, who was donned his usual Kaunda suit.

The agenda of today's meeting is yet to be known and comes a day after President Ruto issued Executive Order No.2 where his advisor Adan Mohamed was named Chief of Strategy Execution. Mohamed previously served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors.

"The Executive Order No. 2 of 2023 supersedes Executive Order No. 1 of 2023 issued on January 6, 2023," read the circular released yesterday by Head of Public Service Felix Koskei.

Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen takes cover under an umbrella. [PCS]

Time Keeping

The Head of State is said to have become strict on timekeeping, an example being in early August this year, when CS Moses Kuria and his Interior counterpart Kithure Kindiki were locked out of a State House meeting for lateness.

The two plus several Principal Secretaries were later denied signing their performance contracts over lateness.

Previously, Ruto has chaired the Cabinet meetings at the Kakamega State Lodge, Kisumu, Sagana in Nyeri County, and now Mombasa.