Thursday, February 22, 2024 - Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has denied having a frosty relationship with his Gender counterpart, Aisha Jumwa, amid speculation that the two have fallen out.
Speaking during an interview, Kuria refuted the claims, insisting that the two share a cordial working relationship that extends
outside cabinet meetings.
Kuria pointed out that Kenyans were
reading too much into CS Jumwa's post which birthed the fallout rumours.
"Aisha Jumwa is my Twinnie, we met in the Cabinet right
after that and we had a good laugh about it," Kuria revealed during the
interview.
"You know I have been involved in supporting artists
for a long time and that particular day when I made a comment about how we are
supporting our musicians, I had spent quite a lot of money."
"So, I am vested in this particular space, and I talk
about MCSK," CS Kuria explained.
This comes a day after Kuria’s Ministry ranked Jumwa as the
worst-performing CS in President William Ruto’s Cabinet alongside her
Cooperatives counterpart, Simon Chelugui.
The fallout rumours came about after CS Kuria announced that
the government was planning to take over the mandate of paying artists their
royalties from Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) which he said will
going forward be done via eCitizen.
However, CS Aisha Jumwa would in a statement say that the
purview to make such a declaration fell within her mandate.
CS Jumwa, who went ahead to correct him added that
discussions were still in progress and that a formal announcement would be made
once talks were concluded.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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