{"id":3104,"date":"2022-11-09T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=3104"},"modified":"2022-11-09T15:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T15:00:56","slug":"governor-barasa-rewards-his-henchmen-dumps-oparanya-orphans-as-he-unveils-his-maiden-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=3104","title":{"rendered":"Governor Barasa rewards his henchmen, dumps Oparanya Orphans as he unveils his maiden cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Seliphar Musungu,\nKakamega<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kakamega county Governor Fernandes Barasa today named his cabinet  and rewarded his cronies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governor dropped all the County Executive Committee Members (CECM) who served in the Governor Wycliffe Oparanya\u2019s administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GAVANA BARASA NA BARAZA LAKE LA MAWAZIRI AKIWAONYESHA MLANGO MAWAZIRI WA OPARANYA\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNO2awmbozk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Barasa named his CEC members together with his chief officers with majority of them being his political allies who helped him rise to the governorship seat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barasa rewarded his\nDeputy Ayub Savula with the department of Trade, Industrialization and Tourism,\nFormer Cabinet Administrative Secretary of Agriculture Lawrence Omuhaka in\nformer President Uhuru Kenyatta&#8217;s government will head the Public Service\ndocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><code>\u201cIt has been a very competitive process which commenced in September. These are the people who are going to help us deliver on our mandate. I would like to start by unveiling my executive and the first appointment that I am unveiling is the chief executive committee member for trade industrialization and tourism will be Ayub Savula who is also my deputy. The second appointment in the department of Public Service and county administration will be headed by Lawrence Angolo Omuhaka.\u201d Said Barasa&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others are St Joseph&#8217;s\nBoys Kitale Principal, Godfrey Owour (Education), Kakamega ODM chair Mophat\nMandela (Social Service, Sports, Youth, Gender and Culture) and former Health\nCECM Peninah who will head the department of Lands and Housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Benjamin Andama\nwho stepped down from his senatorial race in the ODM party was awarded the\ndepartment of Agriculture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDepartment of\nAgriculture, livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives will be headed by Benjamin\nAndama, Department of Lands, Housing, Urban areas and Physical Planning will be\nheaded by Peninah Mukabane. The Department of Social Services, Sports, Youth\nand Gender and Culture will be headed by Mophat Mandela, Department of\neducation, science and technology will be headed by Godfrey Owuor.\u201d Said\nBarasa&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others are Livingstone\nImbai (Finance), Rachael Caro (Communication and ICT), Dr. Bernard Wesonga\n(Health), Mariam Barasa (Water) and Patrick Wesonga (Roads).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe task is now upon\nthe members of the county assembly to vet the nominees to see if they are the\ncorrect candidates to work in the cabinet.\u201d said Barasa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Seliphar Musungu, Kakamega Kakamega county Governor Fernandes Barasa today named his cabinet and rewarded his cronies. Governor dropped all the County Executive Committee Members (CECM) who served in the Governor Wycliffe Oparanya\u2019s administration &nbsp;Barasa named his CEC members together with his chief officers with majority of them being his political allies who helped him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3104","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>Governor Barasa rewards his henchmen, dumps Oparanya Orphans as he unveils his maiden cabinet - 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=3104\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governor Barasa rewards his henchmen, dumps Oparanya Orphans as he unveils his maiden cabinet - Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Seliphar Musungu, Kakamega Kakamega county Governor Fernandes Barasa today named his cabinet and rewarded his cronies. 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