Kenyan President William Ruto dismissed all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government on Thursday.
Mr. Ruto said the new government will be lean and efficient, following weeks of protests over high taxes and poor governance.
In a televised address, the president also dismissed the attorney general and said ministries would be run by their permanent secretaries.
Kenya witnessed three weeks of unrest in which protesters stormed into parliament on June 25 after a finance bill that increased taxes was passed.
“I have decided to dismiss with immediate effect all the cabinet secretaries and the Attorney General of the cabinet of Kenya, except the prime cabinet secretary and cabinet secretary for diaspora affairs.
“The office of the vice president is not affected in any way,” Ruto said in a televised address on Thursday.
Ruto also promised there would be extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations to set up a “broad-based” government that will assist him in dealing with the burden of debt, raising domestic resources, eliminating waste and corruption in government and expanding job opportunities for the youth.
