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The smart Kenyan girl raising leadership bar in East Africa

East African Legislative Assembly Speaker Martin Ngonga with Ashura Michael, East African Youth Assembly Speaker. [David Gichuru, Standard]

All her life, Ashura Michael has been guided by the words of Mother Teresa: “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.”

And for sure she has caused many ripples. The latest feather on her cap was when she was recently elected speaker of the East African Youth Assembly, a group of 100 young people drawn from across the region.

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