U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks to reporters on the fringes of the 52nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. This truism is on my mind as I travel to the National Cathedral in Washington, DC for the funeral of Madeleine Albright, the first woman US Secretary of State. I met Madeleine Albright at a conference after she had visited Kibera in 2008 with the economist and land tenure rights advocate Hernando de Soto. It is inspiring, and it is essential to good leadership whether you are steering a nation or raising children, which, by the way, Madeleine Albright managed to do as a single mother of three daughters. But thanks to “Madam Secretary” Madeleine Albright, there are more opportunities now for talented people in communities like Kibera fighting extreme poverty and in countries like the United States and Kenya striving to be better democracies.

Source: Daily Nation April 29, 2022 10:55 UTC