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Female Presidential Candidates
Charity Ngilu
Charity Ngilu (1952-) is a Kenyan woman politician and the minister of health since 2002.
Ngilu was born in Mbooni, Makueni District in 1952. She worked as a secretary for Central Bank of Kenya, before becoming an entrepreneur. She acted as a director of a plastics extrusion factory. Ngilu has been the leader of the Maendeleo Ya Wanawake, a women’s movement, since 1989.
Kenya's first multiparty elections were held in 1992 and Ngilu surprisingly took the Kitui central constituency seat on Democratic party ticket.
In the 1997 Kenya general elections she run for presidency and along with Wangari Maathai was the first woman presidential candidate in Kenya. Ngilu then represented the Social Democratic Party of Kenya. She finished fifth.
Later, she joined National Party of Kenya. In the 2002 Kenya general elections her party was part of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC). The coalition went on to win the elections, and president Mwai Kibaki appointed her as the minister of health.
She was also appointed NARC chairperson, a position she still holds. But she has been left stranded after the Liberal Democratic Party left the coalition while most of the remaining NARC-members founded the new Narc-Kenya party, though NARC is still officially the ruling party.
Nazlin Umar
Founder, National Muslim Council of Kenya (NMCK)
Nazlin is soon releasing her political events timetable which includes launching of her website, personal manifesto and vision for Kenyans. She said she has put up a campaign team that was strategizing on how to meet Kenyans across the board that will send her competitors behind her.
Julia Ojiambo Chairperson, The Labour Party of Kenya
Vice-Chair, Orange Democratic Movement - KENYA
It is an honour and a privilege to seek to represent you as President of Kenya. With your vote I will be the preferred voice of Kenya's people, articulating your need for better governance, equal opportunities, quality education, health for all, and the need for quality service delivery when in government.
