On the radar: Ruto to attend Pheobe Asiyo’s burial in Homa Bay

President William Ruto is expected to attend the burial ceremony for former Karachuonyo MP, diplomat and pioneer of Kenya women’s movement Phoebe Asiyo in Homa Bay County.

Ruto will be accompanied by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Asiyo, who passed away on July 16, 2025, in North Carolina, USA, at the age of 90, was remembered as a distinguished stateswoman, a trailblazer and a maternal figure.

She served two terms as an MP for Karachuonyo constituency before settling into advocacy and women’s rights movements.

Born on September 12, 1932, Phoebe Asiyo was among the first women from Nyanza to be elected to Parliament, following the pioneering footsteps of Grace Onyango, who became Kenya’s first female MP in 1969.

On Wednesday, leaders from across the country gathered at Maxwell SDA Central Church in Nairobi to celebrate Asiyo, in a ceremony leading up to today’s final rest.

Kindiki to grace empowerment forums

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki will grace economic empowerment forums in Marsabit and Nyeri counties.

The DP has been traversing the country attending the forums. 

They are intended to support and define the government’s strategic interventions aimed at boosting the country’s economic growth.

They also emphasise the government’s initiatives, including National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) and Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET.