The First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and Rachel Ruto-wife to DP William Ruto have become prominent figures in Jubilee’s re-election drive.
The two women leaders have in the past kept a safe distance from politics and would only appear in major events geared towards women empowerment.
For example, Margaret has been missing in the political arena and has been actively involved in the Beyond Zero campaign which advocates for maternal health.
Rachel has also been missing in political action and only seen in events where through her founded NGO Joy Women Empowerment, she has been teaching women about table banking.
But as elections approach, the two women leaders married to the two most powerful men in the country have stepped out and are now campaigning for Jubilee.
In June, Rachel took the country by surprise after she called on Kenyans to forgive Jubilee for not fulfilling all promises made in 2013.
“As I stand here as a servant of God and as the Deputy President’s wife, I would like to ask for forgiveness…..there are many things and some feel that government should have done this and that and at time we have failed. I say please forgive us as Jubilee government if there is anything wrong thing we have done, uttered.”
On Monday this week, cites the Star, through her peace prayer caravans all over the country, the DP’s wife mobilized support for her husband’s re-election by meeting all Jubilee candidates for Nairobi.
Margaret, on the other hand, has pitched camp in Samburu county where together with local women leaders and Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization national chairperson Rahab Mwikali, they campaigned for Jubilee.
“Elect the Jubilee government and you will be electing results. Let Uhuru Kenyatta finish the work he started and I will work with him,” she said.
On Tuesday, she urged a delegation of women from Isiolo and Meru counties t vote for Jubilee.
“In a few days we shall have an election. In this election, Jubilee has committed to finish the work it started four years ago. When he (Uhuru) took up the job, he knew what was required of him from the people who elected him and he continues to work for them.”
“Despite the progress we have made, there is a lot of work to be done to ensure persistent inequalities will be a thing of the past,” said the First Lady.