ANXIETY AS UHURU KENYATTA PLANS SHAKE-UP OF TOP POSTS

President Uhuru Kenyatta

Nairobi. Anxiety is sweeping across the top echelons of the government over expectations of a major reorganisation by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta that could displace dozens.

Sources say the President and his Deputy William Ruto met on Friday morning to discuss the possible appointments and sackings a day after the country’s top spymaster Maj Gen Michael Gichangi resigned suddenly “for personal reasons”.

His resignation as head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) comes at a time when the Jubilee government is facing major security challenges and calls for a referendum which Cord and Governors are separately pushing .

Last month, Cord leader Raila Odinga pushed up political temperatures with calls for national dialogue in the wake of a wave of terrorist attacks.

When President Kenyatta declined to have dialogue, Cord turned to calls for a referendum for which Mr Odinga and fellow leaders in the coalition are already rallying Kenyans behind. President Kenyatta and his deputy have resisted the calls and said it would amount to a waste of taxpayers’ money.

AFP