Science agency fetes 47 grassroots women

Seventy-four-year-old Beatrice Kache Muganga was honoured for her outstanding service to women. [Jayne Rose Gacheri, Standard]

When 74-year-old Beatrice Kache Muganga took the microphone at a recent gala dinner, the guests cheered as she spoke. From the introduction that preceded her entrance, she had influenced and empowered so many women during her active years.

"When I received my invitation to this event, I was so emotional, and cried, because I thought, who in this world remembers what an old woman in her sunset years?" She said amidst applause from the audience.