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Ruto team appoints Ababu Namwamba Head of International Relations WSR Presidential Campaign

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WSR Campaign Secretariat appoints Ababu Namwamba as Head of International Relations at the WSR Presidential Campaign. Though not running for office, surely it is a matter of time before Ababu resign as CAS.

  • Ababu is a former two term Member of Parliament representing Budalangi Constituency, Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Kenya and Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
  • Announcement of appointment made via press release crafted by Hussein Mohammed Director of Communications, WSR Presidential Campaign.
  • Earlier this week, Ababu accompanied Deputy President William Ruto during the Kenya Kwanza Earthquake in Busia rallies.
  • Ababu Namwamba had stated earlier that he would not be running for office.

PRESS RELEASE: Ababu Namwamba Head of International Relations WSR Presidential Campaign

Wednesday,09/02/2022

APPOINTMENT OF ABABU NAMWAMBA AS HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE WSR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

William Ruto through the WSR Campaign secretariat has today appointed Ababu Namwamba as Head of International Relations at the WSR Presidential Campaign. The Hustler Nation welcomes his wealth of expertise and broad experience as a Leader, Lawyer, Politician,Diplomat and Public Servant.

“We have worked closely with Ababu over the past 10 years on many fronts and I have come to value his leadership, experience, focus, and empathy. It is because of those qualities that I could not be more grateful to have him in our campaign team. With his considerable diplomatic talents, deep knowledge of the continent,strong network in the global stage and unwavering determination, I am confident in his role, leading international relations within my presidential campaign,” said William Ruto.

Hon. Namwamba has a highly impressive profile as a public interest attorney and has previously been very active on the international lobbying circuit, strongly advocating for international human rights and fair-trade practices.

Hon. Ababu Namwamba, EGH, is the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from January 2018. He had previously served as a member of parliament {MP) in the 10th and 11th Parliaments.

Hon. Namwamba has also served as the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Kenya. His reign is remembered for enactment of the long-desired Sports Act, actualizing the National Youth Council, strengthening of the National Youth Service {NYS) and Streamlining the National Youth Enterprise Fund.

William Ruto is humbled and fortunate in continuing to attract able and distinguished group of citizens to deliver the William Ruto Presidency in 2022.

Hussein Mohamed, MBS

Director of Communications

WSR Presidential Campaign.

See tweet:

Reactions to Ababu’s appointment

Consumers Federation of Kenya, COFEK Secretary General Stephen Mutoro terms Ababu’s appointment a first for Kenya.

A first in Kenya as a presidential campaign secretariat gets a head of international relations in @ForeignOfficeKE CAS Ababu Namwamba. Securing strategic foreign support, in goodwill and financial assistance, from key areas like the US, Europe and UAE good for Dr Ruto

Stephen Mutoro; see tweet

Gabriel Oguda thinks it’s a case of “too much ambition breaks a man, too little leads him nowhere.”

Ababu Namwamba was to be the next big thing in Luhya politics, these days he can’t even win a dungaree fashion contest in Bumadeya. As Matteos Gudu says, in THE CASE OF THE PRISON MONGER, in LOOKING FOR A RAIN GOD, “too much ambition breaks a man, too little leads him nowhere.”

Gabriel Oguda; see tweet

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