On December 31, 2022, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki made changes in the Ministry and National Administration. In a public notice, the CS recalled all Regional Commissioners appointed under former president Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
After the changes, many Kenyans started spreading rumours that the eight regional commissioners had been fired by President William Ruto’s administration.
“I was deployed as Secretary Administration in the State Department for Lands and Physical Planning. I retained the same Job Group. Deployment is normal, and it’s unfair to say we were fired,” Maalim said.
He disclosed that all the other former regional commissioners were deployed to ministries to help coordinate the National Government activities
‘The cadre of Administration officers are both in the field and in the Ministry’s Departments and Agencies. We are coordinators of National Government business, whether in the field or MDAs. We must embrace change because it’s inevitable,” he added.
Maalim, a long-serving civil servant, said he was grateful to the Kenya Kwanza government for his deployment, given that he has been in the field for close to three decades.
He sharply rose through the ranks to the topmost cadre of Regional Commissioner in Rift Valley, and in 2019, he scooped the PS Excellency award due to his outstanding performance.
“I am happy to be where I am, having been in the field as a District Officer, District Commissioner, County Commissioner, and at the Apex as a Regional Commissioner, formerly a Provincial Commissioner, for close to three decades right from UoN. I want to thank the Government for giving me another opportunity to serve Kenyans and the Government in another capacity,” he added.
John Elungata, who was the regional commissioner for Coast, was moved to the Ministry of Environment, and Evans Achoki, who was the regional commissioner for Eastern, was moved to the Ministry of Sports..CONTINUE READING>>
