AKOTHEE’S SISTER CEBBIE KOKS DEFENDS HER COUNTY ASSEMBLY NOMINATION

Akothee’s sister Elseba Awour popularly known as Cebbie Nyasego has publicly defended her nomination as Member of County Assembly (MCA) in Migori on a Jubilee party ticket.

Her nomination caused mixed reactions in the region, with a section saying she did not deserve it. Taking to her Facebook page, Eliseba said she deserves the nomination.  “I have been nominated by the Jubilee Party, a founding member of the Azimio Coalition Party, to serve as a Member of the County Assembly of Migori for the period 2022 – 2027. This call to duty, in and of itself, whether confirmed or not, is testimony of appreciation of talent and industry by political party luminaries.

A lot has been said, mostly in the negative, about nomination of young women leaders to positions of leadership. I have seen insinuations that such nominations are anything but merit driven. As a leader and beneficiary of the gender top up framework, I have a residual obligation to debunk such fallacies. 

To begin with, it is a constitutional imperative that each County Assembly shall comprise of not less than two-thirds of either gender. Political parties have developed a framework for implementation of the “Two-Thirds Gender Principle.” Within this framework, qualified women are required to apply to their political parties to be nominated to serve in the County Assemblies.”

Cebbie also shared her impressive academic qualifications and added, “I must salute our young and brave women who fight for inclusion in leadership and governance spaces in a country that is largely patriarchal and sexist. Until we learn to make all voices count;Until we learn to limit the compulsion to remove women from productive spaces; and Until we stop relegating women to the peripheries of leadership, the vision of inclusion and making all voices count shall remain a mirage.”