President William Ruto on Thursday, November 14, chaired a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi.

This is DP Kithure Kindiki’s first meeting since assuming office.

Most cabinet members were present, save for Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Environment and CS Aden Duale, who are currently attending the COP29 Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The meeting comes as CSs are expected to sign a performance contract on Tuesday, November 19. 

Among the anticipated issues to be addressed include the Social Health Authority (SHA) which Kenyans continue to raise an issue with despite its roll-out, about a month ago.

Other issues include femicide cases which are on the rise, and the broad-based governance which Ruto said had faced some hiccups when his former DP, Rigathi Gachagua was still in power.