Thursday, May 28,
2026 - Former UNCTAD Secretary‑General, Mukhisa Kituyi, has revealed that
he turned down multiple job offers from President William Ruto’s
administration.
Kituyi disclosed that he had been approached several times
to join Government but dismissed the proposals outright, citing what he
described as a hostile environment for professionals.
“As of Ruto offering me a job, I was approached a number of times,
but I laughed it off; I thought it was a silly joke.”
“Ruto does not respect professionals in this government; that is
why he drives out people like Ndung’u, former Treasury CS,” he
said.
Kituyi argued that highly educated individuals are often
pressured to conform politically rather than contribute professionally.
“If you have gone to school enough, you must reduce the evidence of
having gone to school and sound like Sudi, then you are comfortable with him,”
he added.
He further faulted the growing influence of politicians in
roles traditionally reserved for career experts and technocrats.
According to Kituyi, political appointments have
increasingly replaced professional management structures within public service,
undermining decision‑making processes.
“One of the biggest disasters of Government today is that
politicians have replaced career professionals as the managers of public
service.”
“This nonsense of appointing politicians as advisors takes
decisions away from career professionals to political errand boys,”
Kituyi remarked.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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