Kewopa Kenya

Kewopa Kenya KEWOPA is a caucus of all Women Parliamentarians in Kenya drawn from the National Assembly and Senate

Kenya Women Parliamentary Association [KEWOPA] is a membership association of all the women parliamentarians across political parties both elected and nominated in Senate and National Assembly. Its overall goal is to work towards ensuring that women and men are equitably represented in parliament and decision making in public and private spheres to promote sustainable development.

20/08/2026

๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
Members condemned attacks against journalists, security personnel and members of the public.
โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’, ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›.โ€ - Hon. Hamida Kibwana

As Kenya heads towards the 2027 elections, KEWOPA calls for responsible leadership, peaceful political engagement and concerted efforts to prevent violence.

20/08/2026

KEWOPA Chairperson Hon. Hon. Leah Sankaire, Women Rep, Kajiado. condemned the political violence witnessed in Homa Bay County over the weekend, including attacks against journalists, security personnel and members of the public. She warned that violence and sexism in politics threaten womenโ€™s participation and called for a political environment where women can pursue leadership without fear or intimidation.

โ€œ๐‘๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ . ๐‘Œ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก, ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’: ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข. ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆโ€, she said.

๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ...
19/08/2026

๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง.

During the Parliamentary Dialogue on Fiscal and Regulatory Reforms for Affordable Menstrual Health Products, women parliamentarians called for stronger action to address the barriers that keep menstrual health products out of reach for many girls and women.

Sen. Catherine Muyeka Mumma, CBS, MP challenged policymakers to move beyond temporary interventions and make menstrual health a predictable budget priority.
โ€œ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐’…๐’๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’˜๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’…๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’”๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’?โ€

Hon. Esther M Passaris, OGW called for a broader approach that reaches girls and women who fall outside existing government programmes, while also strengthening local production to make products more affordable and create jobs.

โ€œ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’”. ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž ๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’‹๐’๐’ƒ ๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’”.โ€

The dialogue brought together NGAAF, NAYA Kenya, UNFPA Kenya and the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund to examine fiscal and regulatory barriers, including taxation, regulatory costs, procurement challenges and fragmented county levies.

The conversation was clear: menstrual health requires deliberate investment, inclusive policies and coordinated action across national and county governments.

Womenโ€™s political participation requires more than encouraging women to step forward. It calls for deliberate action to ...
19/08/2026

Womenโ€™s political participation requires more than encouraging women to step forward. It calls for deliberate action to address the structural, financial, social and political barriers that limit their participation and leadership.

๐–๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐“๐‡ ๐Œ๐”๐’๐“ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐๐„ ๐๐”๐’๐‡๐„๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐†๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐Š๐„๐๐˜๐€โ€™๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐Œ๐Ž๐‚๐‘๐€๐‚๐˜.The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA...
18/08/2026

๐–๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐“๐‡ ๐Œ๐”๐’๐“ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐๐„ ๐๐”๐’๐‡๐„๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐†๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐Š๐„๐๐˜๐€โ€™๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐Œ๐Ž๐‚๐‘๐€๐‚๐˜.

The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA), in partnership with Uraia and with support from Embassy of Denmark in Kenya and Somalia, convened the Women and Youth Convention 2026 to advance dialogue on inclusive electoral governance ahead of the 2027 General Election.
The Convention brought together women and youth leaders, electoral stakeholders, civil society and other actors to examine the barriers affecting political participation and what must change before 2027. Discussions focused on electoral safety, political violence and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, preparedness of electoral institutions, political party processes, nominations, campaign financing and the need for stronger networks and intergenerational mentorship for women and young leaders.
Opening the Convention, KEWOPA Chairperson Hon. Leah Sankaire, Women Rep, Kajiado. called for reforms that remove the structural barriers facing women and youth.

โ€œ๐‘ต๐’ ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’‚๐’‡๐’†๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”.โ€

She further challenged the country to move beyond treating womenโ€™s and youth leadership as exceptional.

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’โ€™๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’†โ€™๐’” ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘ ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’; ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’.โ€

Chief Guest Hon. Martha Karua, SC, urged women seeking elective office to step forward, build networks and support one another across political party affiliations.

โ€œ๐‘ต๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’๐’‘๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’. ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’…, ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘.โ€

She also challenged political parties to give women fair opportunities to compete for elective positions.
The Convention made clear that inclusive political participation requires action from political parties, electoral institutions, Parliament, civil society and leaders themselves.
๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ.

Women must take their rightful space in political leadership.Martha Karua urged women to ignore the naysayers, show up f...
17/08/2026

Women must take their rightful space in political leadership.

Martha Karua urged women to ignore the naysayers, show up for one another, build networks across party lines and use their numbers to strengthen womenโ€™s representation in leadership.
''๐‘น๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’, ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’š๐’”๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”.''

17/08/2026

Women & Youth Convention 2026

๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ...
14/08/2026

๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

In Teso South Constituency, KEWOPA, in partnership with the Institute of Public Finance (IPF), convened a two-day training that equipped women with practical skills in business planning and marketing, alongside knowledge on public participation, gender-responsive budgeting and gender-based violence.

The training led by Hon. Mary Otucho Emase, MP for Teso South Constituency, linked economic empowerment with meaningful participation in public decision-making. Participants explored market opportunities, product pricing, financial records, cash flow and business growth.
Hon. Emaase captured the importance of accountability and tracking progress: โ€œThat which you cannot measure cannot grow.โ€

The practical experiences shared reflected what access to capital, resilience and determination can achieve. From starting with second-hand clothes, a business owner shared how she had grown to selling new clothes in Nairobi, Kisumu and across the border in Uganda, with financial institutions helping provide capital for expansion.

Public participation and gender-responsive budgeting are equally important to this growth. When women understand how public resources are planned and allocated, they are better positioned to influence priorities, demand accountability and advocate for investments that respond to their needs.

Empowered women do not only grow businesses; they shape decisions, influence public resources and drive development in their communities.

๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.Kenyans have been urged to end st...
13/08/2026

๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.
Kenyans have been urged to end stigma and discrimination against people living with mental health conditions and improve access to support.
Speaking during a mental health and safety training for KEWOPA members, Dagoretti North MP, Hon. Beatrice Elachi CBS said stigma remains a major barrier to mental health care. She called for greater awareness and education to address misconceptions and encourage people to seek professional support.
The training, organised by KEWOPA in partnership with NIVISHE Foundation and Solidarity Alliance, focused on mental health as part of overall wellbeing. Participants discussed how prolonged stress, difficult experiences, social pressures and trauma can affect how people think, feel and function, and the importance of recognising changes early.
Women in public life can face added pressure from public scrutiny, social media criticism, demanding engagements and limited time for self-care. But mental health concerns affect everyone, including individuals, families, workplaces and communities.
Participants also practised grounding and resilience exercises to manage pressure, regain focus and create space for recovery.
๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ. ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐žKEWOPA congratulates Senator Prof. Margaret J. Kamar, PhD, EGH, MP, Senat...
13/08/2026

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž

KEWOPA congratulates Senator Prof. Margaret J. Kamar, PhD, EGH, MP, Senator of the Senate of Kenya, on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award in Legislative Leadership, Education and Public Service.

Prof. Kamar has served Kenya in Parliament, government and academia. She was the first woman Deputy Speaker of the Senate, served as a Senator, Member of Parliament for Eldoret East and Member of the East African Legislative Assembly.

She has also served as Cabinet Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology and Assistant Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources. As a Professor of Soil Science at Moi University, she has spent more than 20 years in teaching and academic leadership.

KEWOPA celebrates her contribution to legislative leadership, education and public service.

Congratulations, Prof. Margaret Kamar, on this well-deserved recognition.

Congratulations to the PAALA Class of 2026!

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