Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday named four heavyweight opposition politicians to join a “broad-based” cabinet in the wake of more than a month of anti-government protests.
Following the submission of a list of ten more ministers to parliament on Tuesday, Ruto revealed the names of ten ministers to be included in a revised cabinet, including four who are close to longtime opposition leader Raila Odinga.
On July 11, the embattled president fired nearly every member of his government. On July 19, he unveiled a new, partially assembled team, which did contain some of the fired ministers.
The four opposition nominees are John Mbadi, who was named to the treasury, James Opiyo Wandayi for energy, Ali Joho to the mining ministry and and Wycliffe Oparanya as head of the cooperatives ministry.
The nominations must be approved by parliament.
Five of those named Wednesday were members of the sacked cabinet.
Since late June, Ruto has undertaken a series of measures to try to contain the crisis, including scrapping deeply unpopular tax increases and pledging cuts to what many see as lavish government spending.
