Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed has been named Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Sports, Enterprise, and Development.
The new role comes barely three weeks after Amina was unanimously admitted to the Interpeace Governing Board. A letter from the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland said Amina landed the job due to her rich professional background.
Scotland further cited Amina’s background and extensive experience as an international civil servant, diplomat, and government minister in areas of education, science, technology and innovation; sports, heritage and culture; girls’ education and foreign affairs.
Amina Mohamed is a trained lawyer, career diplomat and was the sports Cabinet Secretary in Kenya from march 2019 to November 2022. She was in office when the Safari rally returned to the world rally championship calendar in 2021.
Under her stewardship, Kenya became the first African country to host the Continental gold tour
“The breadth of expertise and range of contacts on which you can draw will enable you to build in new ways on the immense potential of Commonwealth connection and the mutual support which flourishes among our member countries,” said Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland as she was congratulating her on the appointment.
She noted that a copy of the terms of reference for the role of Special Envoy for Sports, Enterprise, and Development would be forwarded to Amina for perusal.
“I trust that they will be of value in guiding you as we work together on moving Commonwealth cooperation on development in these fields into a new era,” the letter stated.
