Interior Principal Secretary calls on women coordinators to champion unity and reject ethnic exclusion in the capital
By Rachael Njoki
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo on Saturday called on Nairobi residents to embrace unity and inclusivity, declaring that the capital city belongs to every Kenyan regardless of ethnic or cultural background — and challenging women grassroots leaders to be the architects of that shared identity.
Speaking at the Nairobi County Women Coordinators’ Consultative Forum, which brought together women leaders from all constituencies in the county to discuss leadership, community security and development, Omollo was direct: Nairobi is not the preserve of any single community. Whether Luo, Kikuyu, Kalenjin, Kisii, Luhya or any other, every Kenyan has an equal claim to the city.
He pointed to the women assembled at the forum as living proof of the diversity that defines Kenya, noting that their collective participation demonstrated how people from different backgrounds can work together without discrimination or favouritism. “We must continue to embrace our diversity, strengthen our bonds as one people and work together to build the united, prosperous nation envisioned by those who laid the foundations of our independence,” Omollo said.
The PS observed that Kenya’s diversity runs deeper than geography or politics — it is woven into the fabric of family life itself, where intermarriage and shared kinship ties routinely bring together people from different ethnic communities. Those bonds, he argued, are evidence of a unity that already exists and simply needs to be nurtured.
He urged the women coordinators to take an active role in ensuring that every Kenyan living in Nairobi feels accepted, represented and recognised as an equal member of the national community — and to challenge any environment in which individuals are made to feel excluded on ethnic grounds.
His broader message carried weight beyond the forum: collective responsibility, not government decree, is what builds a truly united city. Nairobi’s identity, he said, must reflect the unity, diversity and aspirations of the entire nation — not the interests of any one community within it.
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