This archive report was first published on 8 August 2020.
On August 8, 2020, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife announced the revocation of Pauline Njoroge's appointment as a board member of the Tourism Regulatory Authority.
Just a day prior, Njoroge had been gazetted as a new board member, but her appointment was met with widespread criticism due to her past sentiments on social media about the Nairobi National Park.
Her past Facebook post, which questioned the park's revenue-generating potential and suggested it could be developed to cater to the city's growing population, sparked outrage among Kenyans.
CS Najib Balala stated that the Ministry was not aware of the past tweet prior to her gazettement and thanked netizens for bringing the matter to his attention.
"I am revoking Pauline Njoroge's appointment as a board member of Tourism Regulatory Authority because we have just seen what she had tweeted in the past that Nairobi National Park was useless. We do not want to be associated with such people and such thinking," Balala said in a statement.
As a replacement, Balala appointed Standard Group journalist Najma Ismail.
