‘I’ve Never Stolen Anything’, CS Amina Mohamed Tells Critics as She Threatens Action

Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has threatened to take unspecified action against media houses publishing false information about her ministry.

Speaking on Sunday, Ms. Amina defended her performance at the helm of the sports docket, dismissing claims that she had failed. 

She spoke days after she faced heavy criticism from Kenyans online following reports that Kenya’s national netball team was stranded in South Africa after the ministry failed to settle their accommodation bill.

Amina, who spoke to Citizen TV on Sunday, said the reports are inaccurate and action would be taken against those behind them. She insisted that her integrity is intact.
 
“We worked very hard to ensure that they (netball team) were able to travel. If there is a story out there that is negative and that is not correct, we will take action,” said Amina.

“Today (Sunday) there is another story and we’ll take action again…you can’t continue doing wrong to an institution or an individual, it doesn’t work.”

She added:  “I want to say this: I don’t have to prove anything as Amina Mohamed. I have nothing to prove. I have been in government for 35 years now and I’ve never stolen a penny, my integrity stays intact, try and attack me on that and you’ll get nowhere…”

Amina described her performance at the Sports ministry as impressive citing the 2019 Africa Games in Morocco and the IAAF World Athletics Championships held in Doha.

 “We supported the team that went to Morocco, we supported the team that went to Doha and I was there myself. I met with them severally in their camps.”

“We were number two (in Doha) and that is what we should be celebrating-– that we’re a sporting nation like no other in the continent,” she noted.