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Uhuru purge now turns to Cabinet as Ruto allies say they’ve given up

President Uhuru Kenyatta chairs a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi, in March. [File, Standard]

After successfully downsizing Deputy President William Ruto politically in Parliament, President Uhuru Kenyatta is now set to swing his political sword to the Cabinet to remodel it into a legacy-compliant one.

With less than 25 months to the end of his tenure, and with a heavy agenda in the offing, the president is determined to, in the words of some of his close allies, “clear the decks”.

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