Nyiva Mwendwa

Winfred Nyiva Mwendwa is a Kenyan politician. She was the first Kenyan woman to serve as a cabinet minister.

Early life and education

She was educated at Alliance Girls High School,[1] and was one of the first ethnic African teachers to be posted to The Kenya High School in the mid-1960s, teaching Domestic Science. She was elected for the post of Kitui West Constituency MP three times, in 1974 and 1992 representing KANU and in 2002 representing NARC.[2] At the 2007 elections she contested the seat on the ODM-Kenya ticket, but lost to Charles Mutisya Nyamai.[3] She was elected the first Kitui County woman representative in the 2013 Kitui local elections on a Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya (WDM-K) ticket.[4] In 2016, she announced her intention to retire from active politics 40 years since her debut.[5]

Political life

Mwendwa was appointed the Minister for Culture and Social Services on May 9, 1995, becoming the first female minister in Kenya.[6]

She caused a national disfavour in 1995 when she travelled to women’s conference in Beijing in 1995 and took a hairdresser as a part of her delegation. Mwendwa herself defended the decision by stating that being a delegation leader, she must take care of her appearance.[7]

Her husband Kitili Maluki Mwendwa was Kenyan chief justice and politician. Kitili Mwendwa died in a traffic accident in 1985. He was at the time the Kitui West MP, his seat was taken at the subsequent by-election by his brother Kyale Mwendwa. His other brother, Eliud Ngala Mwendwa is also a former Kenyan minister.[8]

She lives in Matinyani village in Kitui District. Nyiva Mwendwa has two children, Kavinya and Maluki.[7]

Awards

She was awarded with The Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya,[9] 2nd Class, Elder of the Golden Heart (EGH)

References

Wikiquote has quotations related to Nyiva Mwendwa.
  1. ^ "Alliance Girls High School: Historical Perspectives". Alliancegirlshigh.com. 1948-02-28. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
  2. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Parliamentary election results 2007 - Kitui West". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Woman of firsts and style". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ^ Mutua, Paul. "Kitui Woman Rep Nyiva Mwendwa retires from politics". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. ^ The Power of the Media - A Handbook for Peacebuilders: Kenya - Gender and Conflict Media Projects Edited by Ross Howard, Francis Rolt, Hans van de Veen and Juliette Verhoeven
  7. ^ a b The Standard, October 23, 2008: Nyiva Mwendwa: Never give in to despair[usurped]
  8. ^ David Throup & Charles Hornsby: Multi-party Politics in Kenya James Currey Publishers, 1998 ISBN 0-85255-804-X
  9. ^ genderadmin. "Hon. Winfred Nyiva Mwendwa EGH". State Department for Gender. Retrieved 2021-10-03.

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