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Nominated MP Halima Mucheke addressing the media at Parliament on July 1, 2019. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Despite ascending to power on the promise of reducing wasteful public spending, President William Ruto has adopted former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s peculiar policy of deploying “two envoys, one station” to accommodate allies.

In the sunset days of his administration, President Kenyatta appointed six deputy ambassadors. Ruto, in his first diplomatic appointments, increased them to 14 with full status of ambassadors at Job Group T.

In his May appointments, Ruto added 11 more deputy heads of mission with full ambassadorial status, propagating the new phenomenon that entails pairing a career diplomat with a political appointee.

Sources in the diplomatic service said while they are officially nominated as deputy ambassadors or heads of missions, they earn the same salary and perks as accredited ambassadors and high commissioners.

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