National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has urged women to venture more into elective politics and not to rely on seat donations through the two-third gender rule.
Muturi was speaking during the Embu county professionals development association meeting at the University of Embu on Saturday.
The speaker said that women should get deep into elective leadership and mentor others to join in.
He said that women who are once nominated to parliament or county assembly should next contest in elections and not be nominated again.
“You should not be contented with these donations of two-third gender rule. You should not wait until you’re given this chance and in five years you cannot fight to get deep in leadership just go home,” Muturi said.
He was accompanied by former Embu Senator Lenny Kivuti, former Manyatta MP Emilio Kathuri and assembly speaker Josiah Thiriku.
Muturi said that the association, whose mission is to give a platform for professionals to give back to the community, should encourage the members to continue giving more to develop the county.
“You are the product of Embu and wherever you go you’ll come back here and therefore you should think of what you can do to your county without asking for payment,” Muturi said.
“You should inspire the young ones and encourage them to join the association and associate themselves with development in their county.”
The association made up of Embu county-based professionals’ boasts of big achievement in education, which has improved since they first rendered a hand on the sector.
The number of students who scored grades A has increased from one student in 2019 to 15 in 2021.
This is believed to be a fruit of the association motivation and mentorship programme which started in 2018.
