CABINET WATCH- Prime minister mandates civil service, administrative development tasks to CAOA chief. In the wake of Sunday’s cabinet shuffle, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly mandated Central Agency for Organization and Administration (CAOA) boss Saleh El Sheikh with the majority of his duties pertaining to the civil service and administrative development, a Cabinet statement said. Madbouly also appointed Deputy Housing Minister Randa El-Menshawy as the First Assistant to the Prime Minister for Follow-up Affairs.

El Wazir presents new railway plans following cabinet shuffle: Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir presented plans yesterday for a fully-serviced central railway station in Giza’s Bashtil in his first meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi after Sunday’s cabinet reshuffle, according to an Ittihadiya statement. El Wazir was among several ministers who maintained their spots at the cabinet table in this week’s shakeup, including the ministers of finance, supply, electricity, petroleum, and public enterprises, among others.

Get the rundown on the new faces in cabinet and their likely policy priorities in our report of yesterday.