- Jumwa drop out of Ganze Secondary School at early age following financial constraints for her family to raise school fees as many have undergone
- She would then later become a mother, however, fought hard not to become a housewife, she become a voice to girl child and her communal affairs
- In 1997, she threw herself into politics, contesting for a councilor where she won two terms consecutively, two terms as Member of Parliament, and now her dream continues to shine .
Section of Members of Parliament allied to Azimio’s opposition Chief Raila Odinga were shut down by the National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula over the qualification of Public Service Cabinet Secretary Nominee Aisha Jumwa
Parliamentarians mounted pressure on Tuesday 18th October, during the vetting of the said nominee, questioning the genuinely of her Degree Certificate presented from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
The debate was steamy, Jumwa’s academic qualifications took center stage, questioning her Degree in Executive Master of Leadership and Governance she earned from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in 2015.
National Assembly Leader of Minority Opiyo Wandayi and other panelist raised doubts over the certificate with some claiming that it was an honorary degree certificate awarded to leaders over their achievements
So charged was Wandayi that he invited a clarification statement from JKUAT, who issued the certificate.
“I have just been able to lay my hand on the copy of the degree certificate that was tendered by Aisha Jumwa. In fact, this must be clarified even by the university perhaps, whether this is a mere certificate, course or executive master of leadership and governance,” The Unguja MP asked.
Wetangula, who chairs the committee, however, stepped in to put a stop to the debate explaining that a Degree certificate is not part of the requirements for one to serve as a Cabinet Secretary
“Academic qualifications are not the foundation on which she has been nominated for this position. If it turns out not to be a genuine degree, it is neither here nor there. We leave it to the agencies that handle matters of this nature.
“The very most we can do is asking the quality assurance agency in education to tell us what it is. There is no requirement to have a degree to be nominated to be a Cabinet Minister
He further noted that in case the Degree was not genuine, it was beyond the panel to verify and invited academic quality assurance agencies to step in.
“If the honorable Aisha brings degrees that are not degrees, the consequences are known,” Wetangula added.
Later, a debate ensued over how she enrolled for a degree after scoring a D-(minus) in her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education