Why aspiring female politicians must reject the ‘dynasty’ tags
Team Embrace Kenya member Politician Nyiva Mwendwa making a presentation when affiliated women groups in governance, business and non-governmental organizations presented their proposals to the Building Bridges Initiative task force at the Kenyatta International Conference Center, Nairobi on August 8, 2019. Picture Kanyiri Wahito
In 1995, three months to the high profile UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, the late retired President Daniel Moi appointed her to the Cabinet. She consequently led the Kenyan delegation of about 450 women to the key international meeting. With that appointment, her name had entered history books-as the country’s first female Cabinet minister. WON Executive Director Njeri Rugene writes in Daily Nation. Read more…
