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REPORT CARD: Rashid Echesa’s impact yet to be felt

Sports CS Rashid Echesa (L) with his PS. Kirimi Kaberia when they appeared before the National Assembly Sports Committee at Parliament on Thursday 15/11/18 [Courtesy]

When Rashid Echesa Mohammed was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Sports early last year, the entire sports fraternity was keen to see how he handles a docket whose previous occupiers have been anything but successful.

The former Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) youth leader in Kakamega whose vetting left many wondering about his academic credentials, still has a long way to go to clear his overflowing in-tray. This is his one-year score card: 

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