New Gender CS has work cut out as ills stalk women, girls

Aisha Jumwa who is President William Ruto's nominee for Cabinet Secretary Gender.

In the countdown to the August 9 polls, Kenya Kwanza leaders led by William Ruto signed an MoU with the women of Kenya to address pertinent gender issues.

On sexual and gender violence, they promised to establish a women rights agency at the Office of the President to address sexual and gender violence, early marriages, genital mutilation and to coordinate activities of county rescue centers for victims of abuse.