Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NAIROBI, Kenya, July 2 (UPI) -- Assistant Kenyan ministers in Nairobi have revealed they have nothing to do and have sent a letter to the president requesting duties. "I just go to the office and read newspapers," said assistant fisheries minister Abu Chiaba. Advertisement Kenya currently has at least 50 assistant ministers within its 33 ministries, with some ministries having two assistants, The BBC reported Monday. Assistant ministers reportedly cost the government more than $9 million a year in salaries and allowances. "We owe it to the taxpayer that what we are paid is commensurate with what we do," they said in a letter addressed to President Mwai Kibaki. "I'm treated like a shadow and only learn of issues in my ministry through the press," Assistant Tourism and Wildlife Minister Kalembe Ndile said. The assistant ministers reportedly want to be referred to as deputy ministers and would like Kibaki to spell out their duties.
