First Lady Margaret Kenyatta when she unveiled a commemorative board and read a citation and congratulatory message for the inaugural cohort of women in leadership training programme during this year’s International Women’s Day. [PSCU, Standard]Calls for women to contest for political slots instead of awaiting nomination dominated celebrations to mark International Women’s Day yesterday. First Lady Margaret Kenyatta encouraged women to actively seek elective and other positions of leadership at the national and county levels. She also conferred certificates to graduands of the first cohort of the Women in Political Leadership Training Programme that she launched last year. The award was presented by British High Commissioner to Kenya, Jane Marriot, on behalf of the queen during celebrations of the International Women’s Day in Mombasa.

Source: Standard Digital March 08, 2021 19:01 UTC