Kenyan CS Monica Juma quits race for Commonwealth job

Kenyan Energy Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma.

Kenyan Energy Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma.

Kenyan minister Monica Juma has pulled out of the race for the secretary-general of the 53-nation Commonwealth, suggesting divisions in the club of mainly former British colonies about her candidature.

Sources in government confirmed to the Business Daily that the Energy Cabinet Secretary, who has been a key figure in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government, had withdrawn her candidature.