Former Cabinet Secretary (CS) for public service, performance and delivery management Moses Kuria now says President William Ruto still listens to his counsels.
Kuria, who currently serves as a senior advisor in Ruto’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), says he has been a truthful man in Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza government.
Speaking to a local T station on Sunday, June 22, 2025, Kuria said he had been speaking truth to power, something he says Ruto admired about him.
“As the president’s senior advisor, I have intense and serious discussions with him. In most cases, he listens to me because I call it out as it is. I am not a sychophant. I know the president means well for Kenya,” Kuria said.
This comes at a time the vocal politician has been critical on the government, not shying away from calling out government mistakes despite being in government.
Speaking during the same interview, Kuria slammed the government over the way it is handling human rights and security issues, condemning abductions and extrajudicial killings.
Kuria on Ksh500K bribes
Earlier this month, Kuria raised concerns about the integrity of the recent Kenya Prisons Service recruitment, suggesting that some candidates may have been required to pay large sums of money to secure positions.
The nationwide exercise, held on April 30, 2025, aimed to recruit Cadet Officers, Technicians, Artisans, and Prison Constables. It attracted thousands of young applicants aged between 18 and 30, eager for a chance to serve in the country’s correctional services.
In a post shared on his X account on Thursday, June 5, Kuria stated that he had received what he described as disturbing reports regarding the process.
“I am getting disturbing reports that the candidates who were recruited for the Kenya Prison Wardens jobs paid bribes of Ksh500K each,” he wrote.
“This is not good. It’s immoral. It’s not worth it.”
In another radical proposal, Kuria called for the dissolution of the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA).
Instead, he peoposed that each of the 47 counties establish its own County Roads Authority to oversee road management and maintenance within their jurisdictions.
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