The nominee for the position of Cabinet Secretary for Education, Prof George Magoha, on Thursday appeared infuriated by a question raised by nominated MP David Ole Sankok during his vetting.
Magoha appeared before the National Assembly where MPs posed various questions regarding his experience, management style, among other issues that would affect his performance.
However, a question by Sankok threw off the no-nonsense Professor as he stared at the tribal nuances of political appointments.
The nominated MP asked Magoha to explain how he intended to ensure regional and tribal balance given that he would be working with a CAS from his community and he would also be the third CS to be picked from Siaya County.
The question did not augur well with the outgoing Knec Chairman who said he had only taken the job because he because he believed he was the best qualified person to serve Kenyans as Education CS.
“I would like to believe that the reason I was given this job is because I am best qualified to serve Kenyans. I do not think I was put here to represent Jaluos so don’t take me there.”
“If you don’t want me to serve Kenyans, I will go do other things. So please do’t take me there. I am the wrong person to represent political interests because am very apolitical,” the Professor of Medicine stated.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi diluted the tense mood with a light remark, noting that the Professor had “woken up most members”.
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“…I was trained never to trust anybody, that even when you delegate, you never delegate completely because if you delegate completely then you lose control…” ~ Prof. George Magoha
My sentiments exactly. This thing about representation is just an emotive issue not a matter of reason. How does having a luo or kikuyu Cabinet secretary improve the lives of his or her tribe? Magoha is probably the first reasonable person I have encountered in politics.
Really? While you may be right, vetting MPs might spawn a civil war. The way Kenyans think, we’ll run out of stones very quickly. Then mjengo stops, the economy grounds to a halt and we all run to Somalia to learn how they fight for decades without a break.
What they think is okay, as long as we don’t hear people year in, year out about marginalization.
10 years from now, i don’t know what people of Elgeyo Marakwet will be saying about perennial droughts and water shortages, will they appropriate blame to the right people?