'Has the sports ministry become a dumping site?' Athlete Wesley Korir asks

2012 Boston marathon winner, honorable Wesley Korir is among a number of Kenyans who have come out gun blazing following the appointment of Amina Mohammed as the new sports, Cabinet secretary.

This comes just hours after president Kenyatta appointed the former Education CS to replace Rashid Echesa who was fired on Friday morning.

This move irked many especially sports lovers, among them Korir who think no one really takes the sports docket seriously in this country.

Korir who was once elected as the member of parliament for Cherangany, through his Twitter feed questioned whether the sports ministry has become a dumping site for cabinet secretaries.

He went on to point out that sports has the power to genuinely transform poverty stricken youth into millionaires.

Has the sports ministry become a dumping site ? Sports is the only genuine thing in this country that can move a youth from poverty to a millionaire. It’s the only way a youth can be paid well for his or her hard work. It is one of the highest foreign earner to Kenya after coffee. Wrote Korir.

Being one of the people who have gone from grass to grace through sports, Korir who is an active athlete, reminded the government that there are thousands of youth languishing in poverty in but wake up everyday from their camps in Iten, Eldoret and Ngong to train. All with hopes of a better tomorrow.

He wrote,

Every morning in Iten, eldoret , kapsabet , ngong thousands of youths wake up from their camps to train. Sports have brought alot of unemployed youths who would otherwise be sitting idle in their villages and given then some thing to do everyday. Sports is a crime preventer

Angry and motivated by the events, Korir claimed that he is now more than ever praying hard that he one day lands the sports docket, saying ‘I hope to one day be sports CS.’

I am changing my prayer and my dream job from today forward to be ” I hope to one day be sports CS ” so I can show the world how important this ministry is.

His words were echoed by sports presenter, Mukami Wambora who called upon Uhuru Kenyatta to at least appoint someone who actually has a background in sports.

She wrote;

Amina Mohamed has been named the new Sports CS replacing Rashid Echesa who replaced Hassan Wario. Dear President @UKenyatta, Just spit balling here but maybe you could try and appoint a Sports CS who actually has a background in Sports and see how that works? #CabinetReshuffle