{"id":1005,"date":"2020-07-30T10:42:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2020-07-30T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:42:46","slug":"oparanya-reshuffles-cabinet-drops-deputy-governor-prof-kutima-as-agriculture-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=1005","title":{"rendered":"Oparanya reshuffles Cabinet, drops Deputy Governor Prof Kutima as Agriculture minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins Matubwi <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kakamega<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has dropped his Deputy\nGovernor Prof Philip Kutima as the County Executive Committee Members (CECM) for\nagriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Kutima will now serve\nas the DG with no extra responsibilities and Rachel Okumu who has been the\nHealth CEC member took his position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0030-1024x891.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0030-1024x891.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0030-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0030-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0030-696x606.jpg 696w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0030-1068x929.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0030.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya<\/em><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oparanya has also dropped Mr. Joseph Obonyo who has been the\nCECM for Education from his cabinet and replaced him with Dr. George Lutomia of\nICT and e-Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obonyo is now the new acting CEO of Kakamega County Investments\nand Development Agency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0045-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0045-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0045-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0045-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0045.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ICT department has been merged with that of Finance and\nPlanning where Dr. Beatrice Sabana is the new CECM. Until the reshuffle, Dr.\nSabana was in charge of the Public Service and Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0048-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0048-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0048-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0048-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG-20200730-WA0048.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collins Matubwi Kakamega Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has dropped his Deputy Governor Prof Philip Kutima as the County Executive Committee Members (CECM) for agriculture. &nbsp;Kutima will now serve as the DG with no extra responsibilities and Rachel Okumu who has been the Health CEC member took his position. Oparanya has also dropped Mr. Joseph Obonyo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oparanya reshuffles Cabinet, drops Deputy Governor Prof Kutima as Agriculture minister - Horizon News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=1005\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oparanya reshuffles Cabinet, drops Deputy Governor Prof Kutima as Agriculture minister - Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Collins Matubwi Kakamega Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has dropped his Deputy Governor Prof Philip Kutima as the County Executive Committee Members (CECM) for agriculture. &nbsp;Kutima will now serve as the DG with no extra responsibilities and Rachel Okumu who has been the Health CEC member took his position. 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