'Kubens command fails due to unable to open certificate due to permission denial

I get the error below when I run 'kubens'

error: could not list namespaces (is the cluster accessible?): failed to initialize k8s REST client: failed to initialize config: invalid configuration: [unable to read client-cert (~path)/.minikube/profiles/minikube/client.crt for minikube due to open (~path)/.minikube/profiles/minikube/client.crt: permission denied, unable to read client-key (~path)/.minikube/profiles/minikube/client.key for minikube due to open (~path)/.minikube/profiles/minikube/client.key: permission denied, unable to read certificate-authority (~path)/.minikube/ca.crt for minikube due to open (~path)/.minikube/ca.crt: permission denied]


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