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March 1, 2019
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya on Friday fired twoministers amid quest to inject meritocracy and integrity required to enhanceimplementation of state programmes.
Kenyatta fired Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Rashid Echesaand replaced him with Amina Mohamed, who used to head the education tag.
Mohamed is a career diplomat, who served as Kenya’s foreignminister between 2013 to 2017 and is credited for elevating Kenya’s diplomaticclout amid shifting geopolitical dynamics.
George Magoha, former Chairman of Kenya NationalExaminations Council will be the new cabinet secretary for education.
Magoha, who is a renowned scholar and former Vice Chancellorof University of Nairobi, is credited for reforming administration ofexaminations for primary and secondary school graduates.
The reshuffle also affected several principal secretaries,who act as accounting officers in government ministries as Kenyatta embarked onimplementation of an ambitious transformation agenda.