Kenya

I was born in Kenya 45 years ago and am currently resident in Harare, Zimbabwe. Having successfully completed the Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (A’ Levels) at Matuga High School, Kwale District, Coast Province, Kenya, I was recruited at the Africa Press Service, first as a subscription officer and then trained in reporting and journalism skills. I furthermore contributed to the feature and news articles both at the APS and to National newspapers in Nairobi.

I was born and raised in Kenya. I began my engagement with community development work right after high school, through an apprenticeship with a local Kenyan organization KEFEADO based in Kisumu, Kenya. I had an opportunity to work alongside other educationalists on a one year programme that dealt with the questions of enrolment, retention and completion of school by girls. Having completed high school in what was a considered a school in rural Kenya, the multiplicity of issues that young women in Busia and later Migori (both administrative districts in Kenya) where the project was replicated was for me a far cry from what I had experienced and had then considered ‘suffering’. I can safely argue that my interest in women’s rights begun at this point.