Council of Governors Chairman Isaac Ruto retained his position after he was unanimously elected with little known Salim Mvulia from Kwale County clinched the vice chairmanship post.
Eight years ago on a cold winter morning, Nancy Mwirotsi walked into a local hospital to assist with an interpretation and discovered a woman with two sons, neither of whom were wearing a jacket.
So Mwirotsi took action. She drove to Walmart and bought each of them one.
As it turned out, the woman and her family were refugees who had been in the United States less than three months.
“She had to find a job to pay back her ticket fare, she couldn’t speak or write any English, and she was being kicked out of her place,” Mwirotsi said. “So I set out to help her find a job, and since then, I’ve focused on helping refugee families relocate better.”
Mwirotsi started collecting anything that might help ease a family’s transition—from clothes and towels to toiletries and furniture—but quickly realized the children of these families needed something more.
The majority of the African children she knew were typically grouped together with African-American children, which Mwirotsi says created a big problem.
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero bowed out of the vice chairmanship race after failing to get seconded.
Bungoma Senator Kenneth Lusaka was elected to the Whip’s position switching roles from his former position as a secretary.
In a brief address to the media, Mr Ruto said the main agenda of Friday’s meeting was to hold elections.
“Our agenda is to hold election and discuss reports by the various committees. It will be quite lengthy,” he said.
The more than 40 governors retreated into a closed door meeting before holding the peaceful elections
