MPs reject Uhuru's pick for curriculum reforms

Prof Fatuma Chege during the vetting for the position of PS State Department for Implementation of Curriculum Reforms by National Assembly Education Committee at County Hall, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Implementation of the new education curriculum now hangs in the balance after MPs failed to approve President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nominee to steer the process.

The MPs shot down a report on the nomination of Prof Fatuma Chege as Principal Secretary of the newly created State Department for the Implementation of Curriculum Reforms, terming the new office unnecessary.