Governors’ spouses should not be called First Ladies, says AG Githu Muigai

Governors’ wives, from left: Margaret Nderitu (Nyeri), Susan Mboya Kidero (Nairobi) and Esther Ruto (Bomet ) in Nairobi last month. AG Githu Muigai says governors’ spouses should not be referred to as First Ladies. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Governors’ spouses should not be referred to by the title ‘First Lady’. In a letter to Transition Authority chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi, Attorney General Githu Muigai  further says that governors’ spouses should neither be allocated county offices nor be entitled to a budgetary provision for their outreach activities.

The AG argues that although it is a good idea for governors’ wives to engage in social and charitable causes to better the well-being of communities in their counties, money to fund such activities should not be drawn from public coffers.