First Lady Margrett Kenyatta has given a firm commitment to prioritize Women Empowerment programs for the next five years.“I promise to work with Uhuru Kenyatta and the Jubilee Government to do all we can do to support the efforts of women like Mrs Nkaiserry and may other women and men champions who have devoted their time to uplift their community’s livelihood”, declared the First LadyShe described Mrs Nkaissery as a role model and paid special tributes for her leadership role to uplift the livelihoods of Maasai women in the entire County.
Besides initiating and successfully leading the Kajiado Central Constituency Milk Project that has touched 4,000 households, Mrs Nkaissery has played another pivotal role in the leadership of the Ushanga Kenya Initiative that has invested in the transformation of women pastoralists from the seven counties of Kajiado, Narok, Samburu, Baringo, West Pokot, Turkana and Laikipia.
The initiative, started under the Jubilee Government, helps the women enhance their economic benefit of their unique bead products through training, direct connection and access to the global marketing and networks-thus avoiding exploitation from middlemen and cartels.
Besides local women leaders, the First Lady was accompanied to Kajiado by the spouses of Cabinet Secretaries Eugene Wamalwa (Water and Irrigation) and James Macharia (Transport and Infrastructure)