Joho named assistant Transport minister
Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho. The protracted saga surrounding his academic credentials is replete with petitions and counter petitions filed in Kenyan courts. Photo/File
Kisauni MP Hassan Joho has been appointed the new assistant Transport minister.
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga also agreed on the transfers of assistant ministers Simon Ogari and Dhadho Godhana to Information and Livestock dockets respectively Tuesday.
Mr Ogari was previously assistant minister for Transport while Mr Godhana was the assistant minister, Information and Communication.
The new changes come just a day after the principals dropped Tourism minister Najib Balala and appointed Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa to head the Justice Ministry, among other Cabinet changes.
The three MPs belong to ODM wing of the ruling coalition.
