Familiar Kenya Kwanza faces that lost seats in the previous general election may have made a comeback in President William Ruto’s administration, according to a list that surfaced online.

Only three days after the court the Employment and Labour Relations Ruto the green light to establish the position of the Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) in the executive, the president has appointed 21 persons to fill in the positions.

The list features names of those people who lost various elective seats during the previous general election either at the party primaries or at the ballot.

Among the people whose names have appeared in the list include Cleophas Malala, Millicent Omanga, Wangui Ngirici, Isaac Mwaura Okoth Obado, Charles Njagua alias Jaguar, Anwar Loitiptip among others.

The Law Society of Kenya had moved to court to challenge the appointment of the CAS’s, arguing the public service was bloated.

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After the LSK moved to court, short-listing and subsequent interviewing of candidates were halted, pending the court’s conclusion on the matter.

The following is the entire list of 21 persons who have been appointed as CAS’s in various ministries:

1. CAS Interior & National administration -Hon Cleophas Malala

2. CAS Lands and Housing -Hon Kaleb Kositany

3. CAS Public and Gender service-Eliud Kamau

4. CAS Mining and Blue Economy-Annastacia Mwende

5. CAS Tourism & wildlife heritage -Hon Purity Ngirici

6. CAS Defence -Hon Okoth Obado

7. CAS Youths affairs and Sports -Hon Charles Njagua

8. CAS Education -Hon Amina Hussein

9. CAS Transport and public works -Hon Khatib Mwashetani

10. CAS Health -Hon Millicent Omanga

11. CAS Environment and Forestry -Hon Victor Munyaka

12. CAS of Energy and petroleum -Hon Steven Kamau

13. CAS of Trade Investment and industry-Hon Henry Kiplagat

14. CAS of Information communication -Hon Keimosi Mogaka

15. CAS East African Community -Hon Margaret Gicheru

16. CAS Treasury and planning- Hon Kevin Kemboi

17. CAS of Foreign affairs-Hon Rehema Hassan

18. CAS of Agriculture and livestock- Hon Benjamin Washiali

19. CAS of Labour and social protection -Hon Anwar Loitiptip

20. CAS of water and sanitation- Hon Eunice Ole Muloma

21. CAS Cooperatives and micro Enterprise- Hon Isaac Mwaura