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I loved herding cattle; until I dared to dream, Principal secretary for Health.

Khadija Kassachoon, PS, Ministry of Health

Not long ago, she took a stroll through down-town Nairobi and took a table at what many would call ‘third generation’ food joint. Not that she had any government business to accomplish; “I was out on lunch break,” she says. It is only moments before she was done with her meal that she noticed a few glued looks amidst murmurs. Someone had outed her.

Despite being a highly-ranked government official, Khadijah Kassachoon has no airs or graces. “I am still a human being; whether I am a permanent secretary or the average citizen,” she says gleefully.

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