Kithure Kindiki is expected to make a comeback to cabinet after President William Ruto nominated him to the Interior docket in a partial cabinet list announced on Friday.
Aden Duale was also assigned his former Defense docket even as Alice Wahome, Soipan Tuya and Davis Chirchir were spared and handed the Lands, Environment, roads and transport posts respectively
Rebecca Miano was also retained as the Attorney General.
Other nominees are Deborah Baraza (Health), Julius Ogamba (Education), Andrew Muhia Karanja (Livestock) and Magaret Ndung'u (ICT).
"Further consultations are ongoing after which I will announce more names in due course," President Ruto said.
The law allows the president to nominate a maximum of 22 ministers, with a minimum of 14.
President William Ruto dismissed with "immediate effect" all his ministers and the attorney-general, following the recent deadly protests that led to the withdrawal of an unpopular tax bill.
The president said the move came after "reflection, listening to Kenyans, and after holistic appraisal of my cabinet.
Only Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, who also doubles as Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary has been spared.
President announced plans for a "broad-based political arrangement" with details emerging he could be considering co-opting the Opposition in the Kenya Kwanza administration.
The likelihood of a 'government of national unity' with opposition figures in his administration has been seen as a tactical move by the President to quell the tension in the country triggered by the protesting youths who have issued a raft of demands.
Former Cabinet Secretaries Kipchumba Murkomen, who managed the Roads docket, and Moses Kuria, who oversaw Performance and Service Delivery, were among the outspoken members dismissed by President Ruto.
The two former political leaders played key roles in campaigning for President Ruto, and their Cabinet appointments were seen as a reward for their support.
Before their Cabinet appointments, Murkomen was the Elgeyo Marakwet Senator, and Kuria was the Gatundu South Member of the National Assembly.
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