Echesa painfully narrates how his dream of uplifting the poor has been halted

Rashid Echesa has publicly come out to speak after his sacking.

Echesa on Saturday said Uhuru has the power as the appointing authority to hire and fire thus he has no objection to what has befallen him.

Echesa was speaking at a burial ceremony at Amarinda in Kakamega county.

Former Sports and Heritage CS Rashid Echesa addressing the public during a fund raiser in aid of Ikoli secondary school in Malava subcounty, Kakamega. FILE

“The president has constitutional powers as the appointing authority to hire and fire. So what happened yesterday I also saw it on television and so I am waiting for answers to be told what I did wrong,” Echesa said.

Echesa, who was born at Shibale in Mumias West Constituency, referred to himself as a “village boy”.

+ “The President appointed me because I’m a child of the poor. He knew that by appointing me, I would uplift another poor kid,” Echesa said.

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