Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party running mate Martha Karua is on Tuesday expected to grace the 70th anniversary of the Maendeleo ya wanawake organisation in Mombasa.
According to the organisers, over 100 members of the organisation from all over the country are expected to attend the event to be held at the Kenya School of government , Mombasa.
Public Service, Youth and Gender Cabinet Secretary professor Margaret kobia is also expected to attend the event.
Speaking during the inspection of the ground, Kilifi county Women representative Getrude Mbeyu said they will also take the opportunity to celebrate Karua’s nomination as Azimio’s Raila Odinga running mate.
"We will celebrate her for the appointment and also celebrate the development by women leaders in the country,"said Mbeyu.
Adding” Most of us as leaders are where we are because of maendeleo ya wanawake organisation, it made us to be who we are. We will also be taking stock of our achievements and howwe can continue empowering our fellow Women”.
Kilifi county Maendeleo ya Wanawake chairlady Witness Tsuma said they will use the event to rally other women to vie for political seats.
“As Women we have been facing a lot of challenges in the political field and some of us have always refused to join politics because of these challenges but with what we have seen with Martha Karua I believe more Women will now come out” said Tsuma.
Last month, Karua attended similar celebrations in Kisumu and Garissa counties where she rallied Women to vote for the Azimio coalition in the August general elections.
