In a recent conversation published in Saturday Nation’s SatMag, Kericho Deputy Governor Lily Ngo’k, who is seeking the county’s top seat, describes challenges women aspiring for mixed-gender elective seats face in elections. Ms Ngo’k, who was appointed to the position following the death of Susan Kikwai in 2020, says she is usually confronted with the
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AGGREY OMBOKI omboki2725@gmail.com A long queue of jerrycans trails several metres out into the sun-kissed plain- that is the Yarqbasadi Water Project in Garba Tula Sub-county, Isiolo County. Tending the jerrycan queue that curves and bends like an unwieldy, disjointed snake are the local women, who usually come here with donkeys for water. The precious, life-sustaining liquid is sold
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By AGGREY OMBOKI omboki27275@gmail.com A plaintive, but distinct welcome awaits visitors to Ms Jane Chepchumba’s home. She is a proud owner of 19 goats at Cheptor Village, Sigor Sub-county, West Pokot County. Ms Chepchumba belongs to the Cheptor Mother to Mother Support Group. She is one of the 314, 213 women out of the 621,241 residents
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By AGGREY OMBOKI omboki2725@gmail.com At the Mukungi Kitiri Bridge, time seems to have stood still. For Lillian Njambi, it is the site of painful memories. She was critically injured during an accident at the bridge that crosses the Malewa River in 2016. “We were headed for a PCEA church convention in a convoy of nine
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The repugnant assault on a woman motorist in Nairobi by a gang of boda boda ruffians has ignited the whole question of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), highlighting the need for the state, particularly, to address—with seriousness, action and commitment—the issue and, principally, violence against women and girls (VAWG), which remains sticky, WoN Executive Director
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