Health CAS Dr Mercy Mwangangi has spoken for the first time about being compared to First Lady Margaret Kenyatta as a result of her new hairdo.
Soeaking during a function at Nairobi Hospital on Tuesday, the young CAS stated that she has received numerous compliments on her resemblance to Kenya’s First Lady since changing her hairstyle.
“I know I look like another Margaret. I wouldn’t mind being that Margaret if you know what I am talking about,” She said
“I have been told we are looking the same these days since I changed my hair,” she added.
Mwangangi has appeared on television multiple times to keep Kenyans informed about the Covid-19 outbreak since the disease’s height.
However, during a press conference held at Afya House last month, she debuted a new hairdo that has Kenyans talking.
She emerged with cropped hair that had been coloured platinum blonde, in contrast to what Kenyans were used to; weaves, wigs, and braids.
Dr Mwangangi has commanded attention since the pandemic was first reported in the country; from the Afya House, where the Health Ministry is based, to houses across the country, and even on Twitter.
She began her career, as an intern at Machakos Level V hospital in 2010, after graduating from the University of Nairobi (UoN) School of Medicine in 2009.
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At the age of 23, she was appointed District Medical Health Officer in Meru South. She joined the ministry as a technical advisor for primary healthcare after completing her master’s degree in Australia.
Dr. Mwangangi has risen from obscurity inside the ministry to become the most well-known CAS in government.
