Kenyan president nominates 11 cabinet secretaries

NAIROBI, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday nominated the first batch of 11 cabinet secretaries, marking the start of forming a "broad-based" government.

The president reappointed four cabinet secretaries to their previous ministries of Interior and National Administration; the Defense; Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development; and Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry.