{"id":73330,"date":"2024-08-02T10:04:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T10:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/i-can-serve-in-any-docket-duale-says-on-last-minute-swap-with-tuya\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T10:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T10:04:56","slug":"i-can-serve-in-any-docket-duale-says-on-last-minute-swap-with-tuya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/i-can-serve-in-any-docket-duale-says-on-last-minute-swap-with-tuya\/","title":{"rendered":"I can serve in any docket, Duale says on last minute swap with Tuya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 2 \u2013 Enviroment Cabinet Secretary nominee Aden Duale has asserted he is ready to deliver in any ministerial docket within Cabinet following eyebrows raised on last-minute changes in cabinet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President William Ruto dropped Duale from the Ministry of Defence which he had served since October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In a communication that caught many legislators by surprise, the President reassigned him to the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry without giving explanations.<\/p>\n<p>Likoni MP Mishi Mboko brought the issue to the fore questioning the Environment nominee on explanations given prior to his swapping with Defence Cabinet Secretary nominee Soipan Tuya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClear the murmurs of why the President swapped was it because he doubted your ability to deliver in the docket?\u201d she posed.<\/p>\n<p>The Environment nominee who has previously served as Garissa Township MP emphasized the President\u2019s wherewithal to reorganize his cabinet as he deems saying he will be ready to serve in any assigned docket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the event am approved me, the president can assign me a different docket. That\u2019s the powers of the president, we might be reshuffled one week in office and I am taken to defense or any other docket. I am ready to serve in any docket that president deems necessary,\u201d Duale said.<\/p>\n<p>This is even as he boasted his academic qualification and experience in public service and private business which defend his suitability for the cabinet slot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy academic qualifications, my experience as a Member of Parliament and as a leader in this country, the stint I had in the Ministry of Defence, my age, my role in private sector and business gives me the required testimonial,\u201d Duale stated.<\/p>\n<p>He further defended his conduct in the decades he has served in public service saying he has a clean bill of health adding that he has never been indicted by any parliamentary report \u00a0or contravened Chapter Six of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never been indicted in any report of Parliament, I have always had clearance from the criminal justice system, the EACC and DCI, I have never violated Chapter Six of the Constitution and Article 75 of the Constitution and I think I\u2019m ready and willing to serve the people of Kenya,\u201d the nominee said.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers sought answers on how the Cabinet Secretary will help the government achieve the 15 billion trees planting initiative targeted at achieving 30% tree cover which currently stands at 8.8 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The Environment nominee now seeks to benchmark the Green Legacy initiative that has made tree planting a culture among Ethiopians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 million participate every year, and on a single day in July 2023 the government claimed 560 million trees were planted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am ready to walk the talk and go to Ethiopia and help the President.Its \u00a0not about taking a chopper and planting a few trees without supervising how the trees grow,\u201dDuale noted.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya seeks to grow 15 billion trees by 2032 and had implored both local and global partners of goodwill to come on board to sponsor the tree planting drive.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 2 \u2013 Enviroment Cabinet Secretary nominee Aden Duale has asserted he is ready to deliver in any ministerial docket within Cabinet following eyebrows raised on last-minute changes in cabinet. President William Ruto dropped Duale from the Ministry of Defence which he had served since October 2022. 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