NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul, 26 – Education Cabinet Secretary prof George Magoha is under fire after making discriminatory remarks towards a female Muslim journalist during one of his recent media engagements.
Magoha, in a video that has since gone viral, was responding to questions before cutting his answer short only to make unsavory remarks towards the journalist.
“Where do you come from? Who are you representing? Because if you are representing Al-Shabaab I will not answer you?” said the CS amid laughter from some at the press conference.
After learning that she worked for a local station, Magoha then laughed, saying that he would answer her question.
A section of those at the event however expressed their discomfort towards Magoha’s remarks terming them as unacceptable.
Muslim leaders have now conned the CS’s utterances demanding his immediate apology.
“In this unfortunate incident captured and broadcast on video the CS is seen targeting, discriminating and verbally attacking the young lady Muslim journalist on the basis of her religion and rearing to her as representing a terrorist organization,” said SUPKEM chairperson Hassan Ole Nado.
Nada said that his utterances undermined the constitutional and human rights to religion, human dignity, and press freedom while also undercutting the efforts to eradicate violent extremism in the country.
“It exposes this lady and all Muslim girls and women to danger,”
“We are calling upon the NCIC to take immediate action against the CS, the Media Council of Kenya to take it up and president Uhuru Kenyatta the appointing authority to sack the CS, ”
“I do not know where CS Magoha has been, but Muslim women are in this country, e are educated more than ever and we are here to take up spaces and he will be seeing more of us everywhere he goes. For him to make these comments based on unwarranted suspicion, and discrimination and him to target Muslim women like this is very devastating, to say the least,” said Kahdija Mohammd Association of Muslim Lawyers in Kenya.
Magoha is yet to apologize for his remarks.
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