President William Ruto has appointed the 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) he nominated last week to various ministries.

Ruto made the appointments of the CAS nomines after the National Assembly declined to vet them.

The State House Spokesman Hussein Mohamed announced, in a statement, that the appointments come after a communique from the Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula in which he said there was no constitutional or statutory basis upon which the August House can vet the nominees.

The speaker therefore referred the matter back to the president, giving him the green light to proceed with the appointments.

"IT IS NOTIFIED that the Speaker of the National Assembly has referred back to the Appointing Authority the Transmittal of the Nominees for Appointment to the rank of Chief Administrative Secretaries," the statement read.

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"The obligation to respect, uphold and defend the Constitution enjoins the House to refrain from assuming and discharging a role that it has not been expressly assigned by the Constitution or written law. In that regard, the National Assembly is unable to vet the nominees in the absence of an express constitutional or statutory requirement to do so."

"AS A CONSEQUENCE of the referral by the Speaker of the National Assembly which has found that there is no constitutional or statutory basis upon which the August House can vet the nominees, the Head of State and Government has today 22nd March, 2023 caused the appointment of the nominees to various Ministries as earlier notified," the statement read in part.

The CAS are now expected to be sworn into Office on Thursday