Amina Mohamed has been reassigned for the third time since her 2013 appointment as Cabinet Secretary, this time to the Sports ministry amid ongoing controversies surrounding her tenure in Education. The move comes after her December 2018 announcement to delay the 2-6-3-3-3 curriculum rollout, which had already faced criticism for flawed textbooks.
Mohamed cited the need for sector alignment, pushing the curriculum implementation to January 2020. President Uhuru Kenyatta publicly apologized for the confusion, stating, "On behalf of my government, I ask for forgiveness. I'm very sorry for the confusion, but I assure you we will rectify it." The statement followed backlash over her December 2018 remarks.
Her tenure in Education also included contentious decisions such as proposing police collaboration with the Higher Education Loans Board to track 74,000 student loan defaulters in 2019. The Teachers Service Commission later rejected her plan to lower entry requirements for teacher training colleges, calling it a threat to national development.
Mohamed previously served as Foreign Affairs CS and played a key role in 2016 diplomatic efforts to defend President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto against ICC charges. In 2017, she was a candidate for African Union Commission chair but lost to Chad's Moussa Mahamat.
