Tunai reshuffle his Cabinet

Narok Governor Samuel Tunai on Tuesday announced the reshuffling of his cabinet as he seeks to improve service delivery. 

The county boss has dropped some of his key allies after making the changes to his team. 

It emerged that he transferred County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) and chief officers from what many considered as powerful dockets to the less powerful in the new changes.  

According to the county boss, the decision was reached as he aims to promote efficiency as well as accountability while seeking to leave behind a legacy after completion of his tenure in office. 

The changes come at a time when the county boss is expected to clear pending bills amounting to over Sh1 billion.

“I wish to notify the general public that I have reshuffled the officeholders of the county executive committee members and chief officers in accordance with the Constitution of Kenya Article 179 and the County Governments Act No. 17 of 2012 Part V section 35,” Tunai daid

Under the new structure, Tunai named Meitamei Siloma as CEC for Health and Sanitation. Siloma was in the Finance and Economic Planning docket. He named Julius Momposhi Tompo as his successor in the docket. 

Denis Letiet has been asked to take over the Public Service Management, Devolution and public Administration after he was moved from the docket of the former chief officer for Finance. The vacant has been filled by Mr Peter Kuraru.

 The county boss announced a team to take over the Pending Bills Verification Committee as he seeks to clear the balances in different dockets.

The Ministry of Education has announced the new opening dates for schools

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha speaks during the opening of Text Book Centre at Sarit Centre in Nairobi on November 19, 2019.

The Ministry of Education has announced the new opening dates for schools.A statement sent to newsrooms informed that schools would reopen on January 6, 2020.

The students will break for midterm on February 17 and close the first term on April 10.

The third term studies will begin on August 31 and end on October 30, with no mid-session break.

For primary schools, pupils will be in session for 38 weeks, whereas students in secondary schools will study for 41 weeks.

The KCPE and KCSE national examinations will be undertaken by students in November.

KCPE was scheduled to commence from November 2 to November 5, whereas KCSE exams were slated for November 6 to November 30.

The circular also indicated term dates for teachers' training institutes in the country.

Term one studies for TTI students will begin on January 7 and end on April 1.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha at St George's Secondary School in Nairobi on November 8, 2019

Second term learning will start on May 4 and end on August 7.

The third term studies will commence on September 1,  and end on November 13.

The circular further indicated that the total number of weeks college students will be in session are 39. The second term will start on May 4 and close on August 7, with a break between June 15 and June 19.