As the dust settles on the implications of the Cabinet meeting presided over in Kakamega by President William Ruto on Tuesday, questions still abound over why the controversial Public Service and Human Capital Development Cabinet Secretary, Justin Muturi, skipped the crucial session.

The Standard has gone behind the scenes to establish why Muturi, who has publicly criticised his boss and the government over the abduction of government critics, gave the meeting a wide berth despite critical issues affecting his ministry being featured.

Although highly placed sources indicated that the CS was not formally invited to the Cabinet meeting, the government, through Secretary to the Cabinet Mercy Wanjau, maintained that he was invited just like other Cabinet Secretaries and neither intended nor gave reasons to abscond.