The late Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua and his wife Margaret at a past function. [FILE]
You became Nyeri’s First Lady during the tenure of Nderitu Gachagua. How did that role shape your understanding of women’s issues, particularly widows?
I had been working with women and especially the vulnerable in society, including widows, way before I became the First Lady of Nyeri County. I had previously worked in collaboration with the National Aids Control Council helping women living with AIDS who, at the time, were facing severe stigmatisation from the society. Through my experience interacting with them,
I learnt a lot about the predicaments that they go through, including being wrongly judged by the society, always on scrutiny with people following who they interact with.
The biggest monster though for them is being disinherited by the very people who seemed close to them.
