Nakuru County Senator Susan Kihika, who is also the Majority Chief Whip at the Senate, has taken over as the acting president of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians.
The first time Senator has been serving as the Vice President of the Bureau.
Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka broke the news of the Senator Kihika’s new position in a tweet after a meeting with Martin Chungong -- the secretary general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at the IPU Headquarters in Geneva.
The Bureau of Women parliamentarians was set up in 1990 and is elected by the Forum of Women Parliamentarians. It is made up of women from all six geopolitical groups of the Bureau. It has a President and two Vice-Presidents.
The Bureau President automatically becomes a member of the Executive Committee, adding a voice to those of the women MPs already serving there.
Kihika, whose term as Vice President was to run between 2018-2020 takes over from the immediate former President Gabriela Cuevas Barron who is a senator in Mexico.
The appointment will see her play a high profile role during the 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union between Oct 14 and 18, 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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