Selfless service, unimpeachable integrity, dedication to duty and unmatched excellence.
This is what President Uhuru Kenyatta asked of his legacy-driven second term Cabinet when they took oath of office in February. Nine new Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) were sworn in on that day, with the others who were retained from the previous Cabinet not required to take a second oath.
Eight months later, the president is furious. And disappointed, stirring debate both about his choice of senior officials and the competence of office holders.
Twice in three weeks, including an outburst in Gikuyu, the President has warned Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri over the maize payment scandal.
Earlier this month, he trashed his official speech saying his Cabinet, and other junior government officials, had failed him in making it easy for small and medium enterprises to do business