President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday criticised and threatened three cabinet secretaries for skipping the launch of a youth entrepreneurship forum in Nairobi. The President publicly dressed down the ministers, saying that they were happy to attend functions where deals involving large amounts of money are cut but not matters to do with the youth.
“I am looking at the programme and it is disappointing that there is no government here – other than (Devolution CS) Anne Waiguru. When we have such a local forum, they are missing in action and when they are negotiating deals out there, they all run there,” Kenyatta said. “Soon, we shall change this and we shall see the difference.”
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Kenyatta named Treasury CS Henry Rotich, Education’s Jacob Kaimenyi and Industrialisation’s Adan Mohammed. Though not mentioned by the President, EAC and Commerce CS Phyllis Kandie was also supposed to be at the event attended by youthful entrepreneurs.
Mr Kenyatta said Mr Kaimenyi, Mohammed and Rotich were supposed to be at the function at Strathmore University that kicked off the Global Entrepreneurship Summit scheduled for July. The Summit is cohosted by the US and Kenya and will be attended by President Barack Obama on his first visit to Kenya as the tenant of the White House.
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