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Nancy Odindo is a Current Affairs Editor at TUKO.co.ke, covering political and world news. Odindo has over six years of journalism experience and joined TUKO.co.ke in 2023.
Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Hassan Joho publicly addressed the long-standing narrative around his D grade in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, attributing it to poverty rather than academic inability.
Joho made the remarks on Thursday, November 11, at the Kenya Comprehensive School Heads Association (KECSHA) Annual General Meeting and National Conference, held at the Sheikh Zayed Children Welfare Centre in Mombasa County.
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The conference convened under the theme "Re-imagining the Comprehensive School of the Future: Strengthening Leadership, Systems, Skills, and Values for Sustainable Quality Education."
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Speaking before an audience of school heads and in the presence of President William Ruto, Joho said financial hardship at home was the primary barrier to his academic performance, insisting he was never unintelligent.
He went further to argue that had he grown up under Ruto's administration, where a student's performance is no longer measured by…
