Rebeca Miano: First Female AG And How The Gender Narrative Is Set To Change
Rebeca Miano First Female AG
By Enos Odero
The typical traditional Kenyan woman was faced with plenty of plagues, from birth to growth until their marriage and even in their death.
Today, the Kenyan woman living in this modern world is a happy woman. First, because the world has changed and now advocates for equal rights and opportunities ( social, economic and political opportunities) for both genders.
For six decades, Kenya has not had a female Attorney General.
Rebeca Miano is set to be the first female Attorney General in the independent Kenya. This comes after president William Ruto announced only eleven members for his first team of the cabinet secretaries, days after he disbanded the first board he had due to the pressure that came from the Gen Z protests.
As an experienced public servant, Miano is now a darling of the people of her gender for her recent achievement and the entire country looks upon her as her name is mentioned for such a coveted position.
Her appointment comes with lots of expectations not only at the national level but also at the individual and the societal level.
Women empowerment and emancipation has been on the campaign trails of many African leaders and activists and as such, in the past few years, Kenya and other African countries have witnessed women competitively coming on the rise just as men.
Other women who have come to positions of influence are: Martha Karua, Wangari Maathai, Martha Koome, among other women who have been on the limelight, all from different walks of life.
This is because of the consistent girl child empowerment and the support that the civilized system has placed to girls through giving them equal opportunities, eradication of issues such as female infibulation, early marriages and continued fight for Gender Based Violence as well as civic education in different villages.
Like their male counterparts , women too can achieve so much when the environment is set right for them.
Such avenues include advertising and promoting women’s works in local magazines and TV stations such as citizen’s mwanamke Bomba among other avenues.
Schools and other social gatherings should also give talks not only in emancipating the girl-child but also the boy child. This way, the whole society will grow uniformly.
Enos Odero is a Social critic and literary analyst
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