In the last two years, President William Ruto has plucked scores of professionals from obscurity, thrust them into the national limelight, and then cast them out in the cold after they failed to live up to his expectations.

The pace at which President Ruto has been changing his Cabinet and Cabinet-level appointments since he took office in 2022 has made and broken the careers of many who were not in the public glare, only to be forced to retreat into their private lives after serving their brief stint under Ruto’s administration.

The biggest blow to the professionals serving under President Ruto came on July 11, last year, when the Head of State dissolved his Cabinet, saying “it could have done better in helping him lead the country” with respect to the widespread protests by Gen Z.