The Government of Kenya is reportedly planning to form a new Ministry in the Cabinet.
The new Department which will be split from the Energy Ministry will focus on commercializing Kenya's oil.
If the plan is materialized, a new Cabinet Secretary will be appointed to be in charge of the petroleum docket.
The formation of this new Ministry is meant to provide room to reorganize the Energy sector into smaller and more manageable units.
"We understand the Government is not happy how the early oil scheme and the oil sector is being run, and the split will ease the bulky work in the Energy Ministry docket,” a source quoted by the Standard stated.
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Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, an official from Chief of Staff Joseph Kinyua's office noted; "It does not matter whether the ministry of energy is going to be split or not, what we should wait is the official communication from the head of communication in charge of the Ministry."
Following the discovery of oil in Turkana, the Ministry was faced with the challenge of implementing a pilot scheme in mining.
The scheme was suspended after a lot of losses were recorded during the venture, the project was also met with several logistics challenges.
The creation of the new docket is aimed at reorganizing the ministry to improve the oil scheme in the country.
The energy department is among the essential ministries including Devolution and the National Treasury.
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Nonetheless, reports indicate that the proposal has not been received well by some of the top officials in the ministry headed by Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter.
The proposal is waiting for approval from the Cabinet and Deputy President William Ruto.
