Kenya’s President, William Ruto, has nominated key allies of main opposition leader Raila Odinga to his cabinet, in a move to quell growing dissatisfaction with his government.

He gave four posts to the opposition, including the finance and energy ministries.

In an address to the nation, Ruto said he had consulted extensively on forming a “broad-based government” that would spearhead a “transformational agenda” to make Kenya a “better, more just and prosperous” nation.

This is the first time the opposition will serve in government since Odinga took up the post of Prime Minister in then-President Mwai Kibaki’s cabinet in 2008.