Ababu Namwamba, the nominee for Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), has dismissed claims that his nomination is a demotion from his former Cabinet Secretary position.
Appearing before the National Assembly's Committee on Defence, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations, for vetting on Friday, January 10, Namwamba described the nomination as a reassignment, noting the significance of the role. "The task ahead carries immense magnitude.
If it is your commission to be a street sweeper, sweep the streets so well that even the hosts of heaven would stop, wonder, and marvel, saying, 'Behold, there is a street sweeper here.' To me, this is just a reassignment," he said.
Net worth The former CS also revealed to the Nelson Koech-led committee that his net worth now stands at Sh500 million, comprising shares in Safaricom and Kenya Power, as well as pension savings from his tenure as a Member of Parliament.
