Amina Mohamed has been moved from the Ministry of Education and replaced ousted Rashid Echesa as the Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and Heritage following Friday’s cabinet reshuffle.
Echesa, appointed when President Kenyatta was re-elected last year has been continually under fire at the ministry with various corruption scandals sprouting and national teams constantly complaining of being under-funded.
Amina is hugely remembered for aiding Kenya’s diplomatic mission during her tenure as Foreign Affairs CS to have the country reinstated to the Olympic Games in 2016 after a near axe due to anti-doping issues with the World Anti-Doping Agency.–
She however rubbed Kenyans the wrong way about a week ago when she announced that HELB defaulters would be tracked down and imprisoned. Her thoughts outraged everyone and with the reshuffle many believe it is a demotion and she is simply just filling an empty slot.
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