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Post by kasuku on Apr 10, 2012 22:25:20 GMT 3
Amjambo. I would appreciate telling of kenyan women leaders....I would need facts to accompany the story. Who has something to say about this?
Asante
Kasuku
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Apr 10, 2012 23:20:35 GMT 3
Kasuku: How much time do you have? For starters, just off the top of my head:
Mary Nyanjiru (Leader of 1922 Protests at the Norfolk Hotel; took charge when men got scared of confronting armed racist settlers)
Syo Tuna(Nationalist leader from Akamba community)
Moraa wa Ngiti (freedom fighter from the Abagusii community)
Me Katilili (patriot who led Giriama people to oppose forced labour and taxation; first political detainee in Kenya's history)
General Muthoni (Mau Mau leader)
Sarah Serai (Mau Mau leader)
Chelagat Mutai (militant university of Nairobi student leader; fearless MP for Eldoret North)
Grace Onyango (First female MP of Kenya; first female mayor of Kisumu)
Micere Mugo (world famous feminist, poet and scholar)
Wangui wa Goro( part of the revolutionary underground in the 1980s; translated Ngugi's Matigari)
Sumayya Hassan-Athmani (Chief Executive Officer, National Oil Corporation of Kenya)
Charity Ngilu (First female Presidential candidate)
Martha Karua (Only major female Presidential candidate in 2012)
Atsango Chesoni (KHRC Executive Director; formerly Vice Chair Committee of Experts)
Sultana Fadhil (feminist lawyer, human rights advocate)
Dekha Ibrahim(celebrated peace activist; died in 2011)
Wahu Kaara ( leading light in the World Social Forum process)
Rosemary Orlale (respected editor and feminist)
Muthoni Wanyeki(human rights advocate, brilliant writer)
Jennifer Koinante (leader of Yiaaku ethnic minority-population 4,000 living in the Mukogodo forest, near Nanyuki and Dol Dol)
Rebecca Lolisoli (fearless Samburu feminist, founder of Umoja Peace Village-woman only commune four kilometers from Archer's Post)
Njeri Kabeberi (first Chairperson of RPP; first treasurer of Safina; founding director of KHRC, 4Cs, Centre for Multiparty Democracy)
Fatma Anyanzwa (Founder of Kenya Anti-Rape Organization)
Suzzana Owiyo (feminist singer and philanthropist)
Rasna Warah (leading columnist, editor and writer)
Iddi Achieng (actor, chanteuse, humanitarian)
Sophie Ogutu (activist, thespian, Kenyan rep for World March of Women)
Patricia Kameri-Mbote (leading feminist academic)
Mueni Kieni (leading theatre director)
Shailja Patel (brilliant poet and activist)
Winnie Mitula (respected scholar)
Kathini Maloba; (founder of Kenya Women Workers Organization; socialist member of the underground)
Annarita Karimi Njeru (first and only female MP from the Meru region; happens to be Kathure Kebaara's mom)
Betty Kaari Murungi (brilliant lawyer, feminist, organizer)
Nyota Ndogo (celebrated singer)
Catherine Kasavuli (veteran journalist; role model for women in the media)
Zarina Patel (historian, socialist, activist, editor)
Wanjiru Kihoro (leader of the Kenya Left underground; founder of ABANTU)
Grace Ogot (groundbreaking Kenyan writer; OK she is also my auntie)
Tegla Loroupe (marathon champion and peace activist)
Lorna Kiplagat (long distance ace and motivational leader)
Pamela Jelimo (first Kenyan woman to win Olympic gold)
Maria Nzomo (scholar and constitutional expert)
Mary Onyango (late anti-cancer pioneering activist; and exponent of national unity and diversity)
Margaret Kenyatta (first woman to be mayor of Nairobi)
Agnes Ndetei (progressive MP)
Wangari Maathai (need I say more?)
Rehema Jaldessa (dynamic businessperson; peace activist, feted by Obama)
Ann Ngugi (respected NGO leader; feted by Michelle Obama)
Andia Kisia (won BBC radio play contest TWICE)
Wambui Mwangi (respected Kenyan academic and writer)
[There are many I could add, but I know them too well, including several members of Jukwaa. I don't wanna be accused of bias].
Onyango Oloo
Nairobi, Kenya
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Post by barmasaiengkeiyo on Apr 11, 2012 1:22:59 GMT 3
OO...Wangare Maathai??
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Post by man on Apr 11, 2012 3:14:25 GMT 3
Mr. OO,
Did you type all these from the top of your head or did you have the list somewhere and you just lifted it? Its very impressive if you came up with that list on short notice. Never heard of some names before. Looks like you are not done so please continue. And please don't include Martha Karua
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Post by tnk on Apr 11, 2012 3:29:13 GMT 3
Mr. OO, Did you type all these from the top of your head or did you have the list somewhere and you just lifted it? Its very impressive if you came up with that list on short notice. Never heard of some names before. Looks like you are not done so please continue. my thinking exactly keep going bw. oloo, awesome/impressive list, rekindled some fond memories too maybe you listed and i didnt see, but there was also jael mbogo, effie owuor, some other prof at the UN IPO office cant quite remember the name this list definitely needs to be expanded and published with a little synopsis on specific achievements awesome, dude |
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Post by akinyi2005 on Apr 11, 2012 5:07:48 GMT 3
that list is impressive. can only add nyiva mwendwa - first woman cabinet minister.
mmhh.....women to be reckoned with. kasuku, would you consider nyiva mwendwa as one?
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Post by Titchaz on Apr 11, 2012 7:35:58 GMT 3
OO,
...the list is impressive but please 'add my mother, sisters and female cousins'....
#Jussayin... very many Kenyan Women out there trailblazing!
Ab-Titchaz.
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Apr 11, 2012 9:55:18 GMT 3
Mr. OO, Did you type all these from the top of your head or did you have the list somewhere and you just lifted it? Its very impressive if you came up with that list on short notice. Never heard of some names before. Looks like you are not done so please continue. And please don't include Martha Karua My friend you make me chuckle. I have been a feminist for more than thirty years. And a history buff for much longer than that. Onyango Oloo
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Apr 11, 2012 9:56:23 GMT 3
Not "Wangare Maathai". WANGARI. OO |
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Apr 11, 2012 10:09:20 GMT 3
tnk et al:
How did I know in advance that Kasuku was going to launch this thread? Did she contact me privately giving me the heads up to compile the list?
It was spur of the moment.
And yes there are other names missing. I was just setting the ball rolling.
oo
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Post by nowayhaha on Apr 11, 2012 10:55:18 GMT 3
Mr. OO, Did you type all these from the top of your head or did you have the list somewhere and you just lifted it? Its very impressive if you came up with that list on short notice. Never heard of some names before. Looks like you are not done so please continue. And please don't include Martha Karua My friend you make me chuckle. I have been a feminist for more than thirty years. And a history maniac for much longer than that. Onyango Oloo
Nairobi, KenyaOO , Feminist and a history maniac? Umemsahau aje Mekatilili ?- Just an addition en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekatilili_Wa_Menzasw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekatilili_Wa_MenzaMekatilili Wa Menza Rukia: urambazaji, tafuta Mekatilili Wa Menza alikuwa mwanamke mkenya na kiongozi aliyewaongoza Wagiriama katika uasi dhidi ya utawala wa kikoloni wa Uingereza na sera kikamilifu katika mwaka wa 1913 hadi 1914. Wagiriama ni watu wa kikundi cha makundi tisa ambao hukaa pwani ya Kenya; walikuwa na maskani takatifu sehemu ziitwazo Kaya, ambazo zilipatikana katika maeneo ya misitu, mojawapo ambayo iliharibiwa kwa kulipuliwa na utawala wa kikoloni wa Uingereza mwaka wa 1914. Hii ilikuwa Kaya Fungo. Mekatilili (au Makatilili) alitekwa na Waingereza na kupelekwa uhamishoni Mumias katika Mkoa wa Magharibi wa Kenya. Kulingana na rekodi za ukoloni wa Uingereza, alirejea katika eneo lake la uraia miaka mitano baadaye ambapo aliendelea kupinga kulazimishwa kwa sera na amri za kikoloni. Alifariki mwaka wa 1914, na alizikwa Bungale, katika Wilaya ya Magarini. |
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Post by barmasaiengkeiyo on Apr 11, 2012 12:05:09 GMT 3
Sally Barsosio, the youngest ever medalist. In 1993, aged 15 years, she won the 10,000m bronze medal.
I think you cannot forget Vivian Cheruiyot too....a freak of nature; she has given Ethiopians sleepless nights...
Wangu wa Magere.........
AND Please, delete Martha Karua....she is to "chameleonic" to feature there...
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Apr 11, 2012 12:25:55 GMT 3
No Way Ha Ha:
There was NO WAY I could have forgotten Me Katilili. Put your reading spectacles and look again.
And folks I was just BEGINNING the list.
I was not COMMISSIONED to compile it.
Please add, add and add some more.
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Post by nalinali on Apr 11, 2012 13:39:50 GMT 3
No Way Ha Ha: There was NO WAY I could have forgotten Me Katilili. Put your reading spectacles and look again. And folks I was just BEGINNING the list. I was not COMMISSIONED to compile it. Please add, add and add some more. oo OO A list without Nyar--Agoro is incomplete |
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Post by kasuku on Apr 11, 2012 13:50:28 GMT 3
Oo I had guests over Easter and look what happened when i was gone....
Goodness!
You really are amazing! Thanks alot. That really helps alot
I don't have that much time but i will chose a few for my paper on Kenyan Women Leadership.
In fact, am writing about the kenyan women leadership and what difference they have made in our society. It seems not much, though. But why? Thats what i need to look at; why the sisters of today let the leasons of our fore-mothers go down the drain.
For what have they struggled so hard for if not to make a difference? What for are Kenyan women getting more and more educated if they don't give it back to the society? is the culture preventing modernisation, etc? Thats the issues i need to address...
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Post by man on Apr 11, 2012 17:57:49 GMT 3
No Way Ha Ha: There was NO WAY I could have forgotten Me Katilili. Put your reading spectacles and look again. And folks I was just BEGINNING the list. I was not COMMISSIONED to compile it. Please add, add and add some more. oo OO, Your are hereby COMMISSIONED to compile and complete the list. Will as many as of the opinion say AY: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY Will as many as of the contrary opinion say NO: The motion is carried. Proceed Mr. Administrator |
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Post by mbilinjia63 on Apr 12, 2012 0:00:11 GMT 3
Don't know what you guys think - BEATRICE KERUBO deserves listing!
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Post by mank on Apr 12, 2012 1:48:41 GMT 3
OO,...the list is impressive but please 'add my mother, sisters and female cousins'....
#Jussayin... very many Kenyan Women out there trailblazing!
Ab-Titchaz. I cannot be original after that .... when I saw this thread I meant to say "add my mother and grandmother to the list". My sisters may be abset with me, but they will have to fight specially hard. |
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Post by kasuku on Apr 13, 2012 18:30:56 GMT 3
Mank, i think you have lots to say about kenyan women leadership. Please share your thoughts with us
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Post by roughrider on Apr 13, 2012 21:09:50 GMT 3
Women who stay at home and look after kids a.k.a stay-at-home mums are leaders to be reckoned with.
But women who both look after kids and look for bread are even more amazing....
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Post by nereah on Apr 14, 2012 19:27:07 GMT 3
kasuku & all, please allow me to throw in my centi tatu.here i go:
i wont allow the media to frame greatness of a woman for me and i reject the premise that some women are more amazing than others merely because they had the opportunity that others were deprived of.
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Post by kasuku on Apr 15, 2012 0:25:20 GMT 3
kasuku & all, please allow me to throw in my centi tatu.here i go: i wont allow the media to frame greatness of a woman for me and i reject the premise that some women are more amazing than others merely because they had the opportunity that others were deprived of. Nareah,Nareah i am very surprised to read such a negative respond for something so dear like addressing Women Leadership in Jukwaa (Media to you?). Actually it is the ignorance of where all this Great women (and others not mentioned here) came from that has prevented Kenyan women to progress and of taking responsibility of their own life, accuse the men for their short comings in the society… My addressing this issue of Kenyan women Leaders has little to do with the individual, but lots to do with how far we, Kenyan women in general have come, how much we Kenyan Women have learned, also from those amazing women listed above (and of course many others not in the list, like you, or someone’s mother, Sister or daughter, etc) and how much of the education we have being given have we given to other women/ girls and even, do we share the information with the men in our life so that they can see where we are coming from? The question in Kenya concerning women is not like in many other African countries, Girls not getting education. For Kenya it should now be; what for Daughters in Kenya being educated if at the end of it they go back to traditions and cultures that refuse most of what she has learned, for example being self-esteem, being responsible, being independent, being courageous, being a leader, etc? Nareah and others Sisters, its time Kenyan Women took a break from their ego and start introspection and self-analysis. |
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Post by roughrider on Apr 15, 2012 16:28:38 GMT 3
The question in Kenya concerning women is not like in many other African countries, Girls not getting education. For Kenya it should now be; what for Daughters in Kenya being educated if at the end of it they go back to traditions and cultures that refuse most of what she has learned, for example being self-esteem, being responsible, being independent, being courageous, being a leader, etc? Nareah and others Sisters, its time Kenyan Women took a break from their ego and start introspection and self-analysis. In some ways you lost me there. But I refuse to accept the notion that somehow for anyone - women particularly - to advance themselves they have to reject culture. Often, the farther back you look, the farther forward you will see. We must understand culture and tradition as dynamic and context-specific. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2012 1:06:57 GMT 3
Capital Talk : Hon Rachel Shebesh part 1-4
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Post by mank on Apr 16, 2012 1:11:01 GMT 3
Mank, i think you have lots to say about kenyan women leadership. Please share your thoughts with us Kasuku, My apologies. I missed that challenge till now. But give me a que ... why do you pick me? |
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