Anita Soina

Kaossara Sani
Born
Kajiado North
NationalityKenya
Occupation(s)climate activist and politician
Websitehttps://www.anitasoina.com/

Anita Soina is a Kenyan environmental lawyer. She is from the Maasai community.[1] She wrote The Green War. She founded the Spice Warriors. It is a group that stands for climate change in Kenya.

Activism

In 2018, Soina founded the Spice Warriors. It was under the mentorship of Eric Mastsanza. It was an environmental initiative group in Nairobi. It stands for environmental sustainability in Kenya.[2][3] She also attended "2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference" in November 2021. In the event, she gave her opinion about her country's National Drought emergency and flood in Great Rift Valley.[4]

Politics

Soina joined United Democratic Alliance (UDA) as her first party. She contested on Member of Parliament position. She represented North Kajiado, Kenya in the 13th Parliament of Kenya.[5] Later, on 24 March 2022, she left UDA to join "Green Thinking Action Party" (GTAP). She represented the same position. She moved to GTAP because the party decided to remove nomination fee for women aspirant who join the election in the party.[6][7]

Bibliography

  • 2020: Green War.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kenyan Climate Champion Anita Soina, Mycelium Youth Network, My Green Doctor, Climate Psychiatry Alliance". The Climate. 2021-11-22. Archived from the original on 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Anita Soina-Spice Warriors-Women in Conservation". Enviro Wild Initiative. 2020-09-08. Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  3. ↑ "About Us – spicewarriors". Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  4. ↑ Brangham, William (2021-11-11). "Why these young people came to the COP26 climate change conference". PBS NewsHour.
  5. ↑ "Anita Soina's Bold Message After Joining Ruto's UDA - Viral Tea Ke". 2022-01-27. Archived from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  6. ↑ Brian, George (2022-03-22). "22-year-old environmentalist Anita Soina dumps Ruto's UDA for GTAP". People Daily.
  7. ↑ Nyandu (24 March 2022). "Big Shocker As Ruto Receives Another Bad News From Kajiado, Hours After Mama Ngina Rejected Him - Opera News". ke.opera.news. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Green War by Anita Soina". Nuria Store. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

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