On Tuesday, February 27, Nairobi – Gender and Culture Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa met with ODM leader Raila Odinga at his offices in Nairobi.
Jumwa explained that the progressive report on the two-thirds gender rule is what took her to Raila’s office, her praise for ODM’s efforts to realising gender fairness notwithstanding .The gender rule proposals were presented to the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO), co-founded by Raila and President William Ruto.
The CS revealed that the agenda of the meetup was the two-thirds gender principle whose proposals were presented before the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) last year. Jumwa and her team presented the report to Raila in his capacity as the co-founder of the NADCO talks. She recognised Raila’s efforts in pushing for gender fairness.
“The MSWG has prepared a report detailing the considerations made in arriving at the proposed framework. However, the consultations cannot be complete without the insights of the ODM leader and that is why my team and I paid a courtesy call to his office today,” said Jumwa.
“I held discussions with the Multi-sectoral Working Group on the Two-Thirds Gender Principle, led by Gender CS Aisha Jumwa. There was widespread consensus that enhanced collaborative efforts are essential for fully realizing its implementation as intended,” he said.
Some Kenyans linked the Capitol Hill meeting with Raila’s newfound camaraderie with President William Ruto. They suggested Raila was being incorporated into the government, thus such high-level meetings between him and the government operatives despite his position as the Kenyan opposition chief.