Sonko's Cabinet Nominee Sonia Birdi Defends Her D+ KCSE Grade

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko's nominee for the Environment docket, Sonia Birdi, has defended her poor Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) grade.

Speaking during a vetting exercise by a Nairobi County Assembly Committee, Ms. Birdi says her D+ KCSE mean grade should not be used to shoot down her appointment by Governor Sonko.

Ms. Birdi argues that the poor grade does not mean she's is a failure, stating that she is committed to serving Nairobi residents.

"That D+ in my paper is not a failure but what I am bringing on the table."

"If I was not positive on the change I want to make, I wouldn't have applied for the position," states Birdi who sat for her KCSE exam at Loreto Convent, Msongari.

The former United Republican Party (URP) nominated MP was put to task to explain how she would perform her duties given that she has no experience in environmental matters.

Birdi reportedly holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from D. R. College in India and a second undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Sheffield in the UK.

She however did not provide her bachelor's degree, explaining that she lost the papers after her house was burgled while living in the UK.

She told the team that she is still single because no man has proposed to marry her.

She has promised to clean up Nairobi city if approved to take up the position.

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Submitted by Romeo23 on Wed, 03/13/2019 @ 05:28pm

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Wau ask for certified transcript from the institution..if she has leadership skills mpe kazi academicians have failed us

Submitted by Sukuma on Wed, 03/13/2019 @ 06:00pm

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Cs and Ds run nations. Bush was a C student. Trump is not that far behind. Joho is a D student. Let's see what she can do.

Submitted by Kenya on Wed, 03/13/2019 @ 06:19pm

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You go to your former school or write to them if you lose your diploma and request another one. The school still have your records. Danganya jinga nyingine.

Submitted by Mluhya present on Wed, 03/13/2019 @ 07:41pm

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This is a joke. Kenyans with First class honors degree are rotting at home while this corrupt waindis with D's run their nation. Nonsense

Submitted by Wafulameme on Wed, 03/13/2019 @ 07:48pm

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Lots af A's and B's are looting the nation dry,am glad she's ready to prove her doubters wrong and hope she gets the job done

Submitted by Mbwana on Wed, 03/13/2019 @ 10:59pm

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The 4 years final exams are overall meaningless. Kenya should know focus on cumulative test scores including the end of terms exam to come up with final grades. They should also implement on personal discipline as a subject. Not forgetting Mandarin for all to undertake our 2nd economy liberators the Chinese 🤔

Submitted by mkenya halisi on Thu, 03/14/2019 @ 08:35am

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@wafulameme i support u on that thou this lady was found talking shit bribing at gilgil waybridge wakiwa na Foolish mpig keter!Having said that ex doctor kidero the corrupt thief is a A student yet all he did is steal mumias,nairobi as a gavana n others like profess Ruto who is suspected to b a thief so it's that time we try this failures of exams juu to me the educated idiots have failed us n has shown us how idiotics bogolalas they are???

Submitted by Jamama on Thu, 03/14/2019 @ 11:08am

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I've never heard of an african in charge of anything in India. Are there no Africans to do what this mhindi is being appointed to do?

@Jamama hapo umeongea ukweli. Why do we have this Indian with a tainted record being considered..? She should be somewhere in Visa Oshwal making rotis or chicken tika. Give me a break Sonko. If you are hallucinating marrying an Indian spare us. Bure Kabisa.

Submitted by mteja on Thu, 03/14/2019 @ 12:09pm

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Look at how much Kidero stole from Nairobians with his PhD. And they were doubting Sonko's capability. He has done much much more than the educated rascal.
But, however, a D+ is too low madam. We need a C at least..

Submitted by mkenya halisi on Thu, 03/14/2019 @ 05:10pm

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So the guys commenting here can u say yr kids who r born in the usa should never b giving state jobs juu their parents r not americans??This indian lady is a kenyan period?Look at obama his dad was kenyan so he wasn't supposed to b usa president????So bcareful talking about race??My kids were born in usa n when they decide to return there they have every rights to state jobs,to b president,politicians of that country?So i may not like the indian lady but i will support her as a kenyan!

Except for the fact that Indian community in Kenya do not see themselves as Kenyan, they barely leave parklands, they only mingle lately at Blanket and Wine with the cool kids. I have never seen them mingling eslewhere, they still pledge allegiance to India or guru nanak ,they still follow their caste system to the T and you my brother, you are untouchable!. I have friends who are Indian and even when in Kenya they rarely invited me to their houses yet they would freely come to mine. Weuwe, she may have been born in Kenya, but not sure if she feels Kenya 100%.Even huku majuu Kenyan Mhindi barely acknowledges your deep shithole as their birth country. I know one with a shop in MD and until she heard me speaking swahili sengenyaring her is when she pretended but it was a short lived small talk because thereafter when I went to her shop for Cheflas ,she barely spoke to me

Given that you hate abroad so much I would think you would do all you can to avoid your kids living a abroad. And when that time comes then you will figure it out but until then everyone is entitled to their opinion. That lady should be in Punjab and if that affects you to a point you think your dear ones won't be let in because of an opinion go leak your wounds elsewhere.

Submitted by Esmail Jiwaji on Thu, 03/14/2019 @ 08:31pm

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On 22 July 2017, the Uhuru Kenyatta government announced that the Asian community would be officially recognised as the 44th tribe in Kenya recognising the community's contribution to Kenya from the dawn of the nation.

If illiterate Wahindis were able to build the Mombasa-Nairobi railway
let us give the D+ candidate the opportunity to show her mettle.

Submitted by Imara Daima on Sat, 03/16/2019 @ 12:51pm

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Kila mtu ana kipawa chake. Nduguzanguni, msitumie msimamo wa Wakoloni Waingereza kama kiegezo cha kuamua kama mtu anaweza kufanya kazi au hawezi.

Tusiwabague hawa ndugu na dada zetu kutoka India ambao wameamua kuja kuishi nasi katika nchi ya Kenya. Tusiwe na ubaguzi kama Wanayuropa ambao ubaguzi wao wa rangi na jinsia, uko karibu kuwaangamiza.

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