First Lady Rachel Ruto has asked women professionals from Nyanza to invest in helping the boys and girls from poor backgrounds in the region to access better education to improve their lot.
She encouraged them to draw inspiration from the late Tom Mboya's efforts in combating poverty, particularly through the initiation of the airlift program in the 1960s.
The program facilitated access to better education abroad for hundreds of school children, uplifting a generation from poverty.
“Just by the investment Mboya made in enabling the poor to get quality education abroad, he helped people like Barack Hussein Obama senior, whose son, Barack Obama, later became president of the United States of America,” she said.
She spoke during the launch of the strategic plan of an outfit that brings together women professionals from Nyanza and is patronized by ICT CS Elidu Owalo.
Rachel said such investments impact the lives of millions in the long run, helping improve the socioeconomic lot of the families involved.
Second Lady Dorcas Rigathi on her part, urged the group not to only focus on girls but also boys so that no part of the society is left behind.
“The fate of girls and boys are tied together,” she said, adding that “there is no need to separate the two because we need to develop in a manner that leaves no one behind.”
Owalo on his part, said the group was not for politics but to focus solely on investing in the women on the Nyanza region and seeking to change the narrative in the region.
