Merging Fashion,Beauty & Political Education to increase the num of grassroots & young women who engage with Politics & Governance processes.
#NaneNaneMarch
Overwhelmed by the love & support I have received from communities we have visited & where my work is concentrated, to discuss our challenges & how the
#MsPresident
platform will highlight these issues. Thank you all &
@rachaelmwiks
for leading this. Grateful.
#BINAFORMSPRESIDENT
No one is FREE until we are all FREE from the chains of Oppression.
Political freedoms are not a luxury but a necessity that was fought for by those who have gone before us and some who continue to live amongst us.
#FreeBonifaceMwangi
Your silence will not save you. It only serves the Oppresors. There maybe times when we feel somewhat helpless in fixing the challenges in our Country but there should never be times we fail to Stand up & SPEAK TRUTH to POWER.
No one is FREE until we ALL are!
#NaneNaneMatch
Hardwork & Integrity is not celebrated as much. My grandfather Hon. Matano was a Minister and when he died, the headline read "From Politician to Pauper". He died an honest man but that's not what we celebrate. Even now, It is possible to lead with integrity ~
@NerimaW
#LetsTalk
In 2013/2014 poverty level was at 38% while National debt was at 2.4 trillion.
In 2021/2022 poverty level was at 68% while National debt was at 8 trillion.
How come with more borrowing lives of majority of Kenyan citizens is not improving?
@OkiyaOmtatah
#RejectFinanceBill2023
Today is a special day for me, I am in awe for so many reasons! At exactly midnight tonight, the voting will be closed for the Ms. President title. To be honest, I’m overwhelmed by the support I have received. I have seen the power of **** A Thread.
When conversations heavily focus on victims rather than perpetrators, we discuss more of what women& girls need to do to stay safe while the perpetrator is enjoying their freedom. Violence & rape will only end when violent people stop being violent & rapists.
#JusticeforVelvine
Deeply honored to be accorded the opportunity to serve as a Global Women Peace Ambassador by
@wfwpusa
.I'll continue to use these platforms to push 4 peace &policies that advance our progress.
To the Young people disrupting systems & taking the path less travelled,This is to you✊🏾
Can we talk about Data Privacy Infringement by esp Okash & Opesa Apps who access your phone book & call logs & call your frequent numbers.A colleague once borrowed money from Opesa& the level of embarrassment they put her through for delaying not even refusing pay🙈
#DebtOfShame
I can't claim I'm free when another woman is unfree even when her struggles might not be my struggles. I can't claim safety when she's unsafe.Her insecurity threatens my/our own safety. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
#RIPIvy
#JKLive
#MsPresident
@tugengirl
What an Answered Prayer!
We FINALLY unveiled Badili Africa's 5year strategic plan 2024 - 2028.
Immensely grateful to the Board, Partners, Mentors, Facilitators, Badili Africa staff, Friends, Family & Communities we serve for their tireless efforts that has made this a REALITY.
We must be active in matters politics & within political parties. This determines the direction of the Country. We old generals have done our part, we now need new generals to continue with the fight for the solutions we seek. - Hon. Njoki Ndungu
@NjokiNdungu_LJ
#NFS2023
#iamnala
Met with grassroots women,community health volunteers,the police & young people to discuss local development,ending violence & crime & review the progress we are making in the communities that we serve. I look forward to bringing these experiences to the
#MsPresident
position.
Such an honor to be facilitating and moderating the 3rd African Girls & Young women Festival (AGYW) hosted by FEMNET alongside other powerhouses under the theme "Infusing Young Feminists Realities within the Maputo Protocol." Thread 1/4.
#ISpeak4Myself
#MaputoAt20
#SheLeads
There is no savior,the savior is you and me for sure. We always expect NGO'S, Activists and other people to question systems, poor leadership etc on our behalf, when we should all speak up & stand up for what we believe in
#crossover101
#Tukuza
#KenyaCup
#NTVAtOne
#KTNNewsCentre
I see young
#Africans
complaining a lot about the suffering of their people mostly caused by corruption. But I'm annoyed that they always hope for a messiah to come and solve the problem. You are that leader your country needs. If you don't have what it takes, go acquire it.
You can legitimately critique someone without being utterly disrespectful & insulting.
@YvonneOkwara
has done far more good in her career life than harm,so reducing the trajectory of her career to 1 event/opinion & dragging her marriage along is wrong.
#YvonneOkwara
#TruthBeTold
When progressive countries are discussing politics on the platform of issues& ideas,we are alws busy discussing how to form tribal coalitions to capture or retain political power. Now we are MAD abt poor drainage& floods.Just learn how to swim
#NairobiRains
#BARCHE
#YaleinAfrica
No, "Boys will not always be Boys".
Boys will be what we teach them to be. This seemingly innocuous phrase reinforces the assumption that Boys & Men are wired a certain way and excuses poor behavior that is harmful.
#MoreThanBodies
#endrapecultureinafrica
#SheDeservesBetter
We
@Badili_A
can't wait to get to your salon. So inspired by some of our chama women leaders (Grassroots women leaders) who are shaping the conversations in their salons to increase their customers knowledge on political issues through the usual conversations and " salon gossip".
When the poor gather to discuss the business of the rich politicians it's called-
#anarchy
BUT when the politicians gather to discuss the business of the poor, it's called -
#Charity
🤔🤔
Norbert Mao
#Vijana
who make majority of the poor suffer the most.
#KOT
#vijanatunaumia
How do we change our political culture & create a foundation for a National Culture of Utu? A pleasure joining stakeholders from across the Country to share strategies on this & a joy networking with people putting in the work to transform our Country.
#UtuConference2022
@DjSoxxy
Tupo site! National Youth Prayer day and Peace Concert. You can still make your way to KICC for the
#MbogiYaAmani
festival 👌🏾. Young people are pledging their commitment to pushing for a peaceful election and coexistence beyond the elections.
#KenyaDecides2022
It's a Big Day for South Africans. It's Voting Day for the most contested election since the end of the apartheid era. Honored together with Pauline Agesa from
@elogkenya
to represent East & Horn of Africa Election Observation Network(E-HORN) in the observation mission in SA.1/2
Society should NEVER make us believe bodies pre-baby are more beautiful than post-baby. You are BEAUTIFUL period.
Also, same society loves babies yet thinks that we should erase the evidence of how they came to be ASAP? Such a shame 🤧🤦♀️.
#KanzeDena
#stopbodyshaming
@KanzeDena
Powerful conversations, questions and insights at the
#AIandAfricanElections
. Enjoyed our panel discussing- AI,Voting Rights & Data protection: How AI powered messaging, micro-targeting & machine learning can undermine voter rights and behavior in electoral processes. 1/2
@YIAGA
To measure your influence as a leader 3 things: Where you've been people must want you to go back, where you are people must want you to stay, where you are yet to be, people must want you to hurry up - Moses Musyoka
#Talkingpoint
#ASVS19
@AfricaSVS
@CarolineMutoko
@VickyRubadiri
Earlier today at Kabarak University hosting conversations on the State of Leadership in our Country and Student Governments. Later we transitioned to having
@Badili_A
's
#politicalspas
that create a safe space for young women to voice their convictions about leadership and act.
Great reflections at the East African Civil society summit
#CSOSummit2023
. Sat on an amazing panel where we looked at the opportunities EAC & Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents for entrepreneurs, how women & youth can utilize the digital economy & Governance.
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."
Audre Lorde
A hearty thank you to everyone who joined us today to speak up against GBV. Don't be a spectator of GBV.
#morethanbodies
#EndRapeCultureinAfrica
@BravinYuri
@ADELLEO
Joined Sauti Kenya today to celebrate the graduation of their Nairobi County Cohort 1 fellows with support from the
@USEmbassyKenya
. So proud of the fellows & their work showcasing the power of film & theatre as an Advocacy tool. Thanks for having me. Had a great time. Aluta.
Speaking up against issues that affect us in this country should never be left to activists. We should all be activists because we are all affected. ~
@mufasapoet
You shine so much light in rooms you are in Mufasa.
#DefendingDemocracy
We
@Badili_A
facilitated conversations on the current governance,leadership & inclusion issues for
#chamas
(table-banking groups) in informal & rural areas& young people in institutions of higher learning in Kisumu towards building a critical mass for accountability purposes.1/2
We all must do what we can to end deeply entrenched cycles of abuse. We had such a powerful & healing session on the "link btwn
#Power
#Money
&
#GBV
and how that ties to political participation or lack thereof. Let me tell you,
@Lasterbosire
did not come to play.
#makeupactivism
Our silence will NEVER SAVE US.
There may be times when we feel like giving up but there must never be times when we don't show up and fight for our RIGHTS.
Today we honor those who died fighting for our Democracy.
ALUTA ✊🏾
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
#ShujaazMemorialConcert
Perpetrators of sexual violence often get off easy, leaving victims silenced and made to feel like the abuse is their fault. We ought to have destroyed this environment created by rape culture ages ago. Give the victim a voice!!
#endrapecultureinAfrica
#morethanbodies
You cannot stop an Idea whose time has come, neither can the Army. This refusal of the Government to acknowledge systemic violation of human rights, access to opportunities & living a life of dignity is why we continue to
#OccupyParliament
#RejectFinanceBill2024
#TotalShutDown
"Choose to live by Choosing to leave."
If it gives you pain, wounds, sorrow, heartbreak, stress, grief et al.
Your life is more valuable than that which you are trying to protect.
Underreporting of GBV cases fuels the vice & empowers the perpetrator.
#morethanbodies
@ADELLEO
To the Members of Parliament who voted YES, you chose the side of the Oppresor & we have taken note.
To those who didn't turn up, you also chose the side of the Oppresor because neutrality in the face of injustice is still supporting the Oppresor. ALUTA ✊🏾
#REJECTFINANCEBILL2024
A crucial aspect of our fragile democracy is to continue amplyfying citizen voices, pushing for citizen rights, strengthening key institutions like
#politicalparties
, electoral management bodies etc. and holding leaders accountable.
#politics
#leadership
#accountability
Bina Maseno – Founder, Badili Africa: In the 2022 elections, a Member of Parliament shot an individual, and they’re still in power, walking around and leading citizens. These leaders know that they can get away with whatever they do
#DayBreak
@AyubAbdikadir
I shall also quote
@MarthaKarua
on BBI issue, "How do you entrust a constitutional moment to the same people who have blatantly refused to implement the current constitution? A review of the law must only be based on an audit of a constitution fully implemented."
#SautiYaVijana
"Our mission is to continue awakening citizens's consciousness through artistic expressions." - Njeri Mwangi, Executive Director,Pawa 254.
Lovely joining
@Pawa254
for their
#PAWA254SPLAUNCH
Years down the line, their passion, actions & zeal for a better country still burns 🔥.
Today on
#WCW
I've been crushing on these two women
@Milliegeza
&
@musiimee
for their courage & grit in shifting narratives, pushing for gender equality & equity and doing it with so much love, grace & passion. Honored for the opportunities to learn from you.
#tbt
#leadership
Kenya is receiving major funds from World Bank, IMF, AFDB etc in addition to committing it's resources & as such the National Response plans to
#COVID19
must be gender responsive & contextualized to the different realities in the communities.
#JusticeForEveryChildKE
@Nyandigaa
I have seen youth in urban informal settlements showing people in the community how to text BINA to 23960 to secure a win. I have seen the power of people believing in me and my ability to execute my vision.
My dear Daughter,
1. When they tell you to shake what your Momma gave You, please Shake your Head. Shake off your Wisdom
2.All those around you are bridges to your success, poor or rich, famous or Not, learned or Not, young or old so they are all IMPORTANT
Love U- B.M
#ICanSing
So much to reflect on as I head back home & so thankful to the
@ObamaFoundation
for inviting me to speak at the
#ObamaLeaders
Africa program in South Africa. Learnt alot from amazing young leaders doing great work across the continent & so inspired by the other speakers. Grateful
Wow 🤔! So how does popularity and proximity translate to competence, merit, commitment, hardwork etc?? Why are we this ignorant at such crucial times when such decisions determine our well being all round?
Mental slavery.
@Shikohkihika
@NerimaW
saidia 🤦.
#KibraDecides
#JKLive
Friends, Gandhi Muturi needs us at his hour of need. For those who know him,you remember how passionate he was about using his talent in photography to tell stories.
You can stand with him on:
Paybill 891300
Account 59240
#GandhiMedicalSupport
@BravinYuri
@ADELLEO
@Ondieki_001
#GandhiMedicalSupport
My elder brother Gandhi was involved in a road accident that caused him loss of mobility and sensitivity due to a spine injury. Kindly help him fight spinal injury💪🏾
Out here to ensure Citizens have adequate knowledge of the qualifications, policies, previous performance & vision of the MP's & MCA's on the ballot.Many atimes we go to the ballot knowing the President we plan to vote for but with limited info on MCA's & MP's and their roles.1/2
A people's REVOLUTION can't be stopped.
We need a revolution of the mind. We need a revolution of the heart. We need a revolution of the leadership.
The POWER of the PEOPLE is stronger than any WEAPON.
Punda Amechoka
#RejectFinanceBill2024
#TotalShutDownKE
#OccupyParliament
At Badili Africa, we are deliberate about building young women’s leadership capacities to push for policies and laws that seek to protect women and girls' safety and security offline and online.
#MorethanBodies
#IDGC2021
#YoungWomenEngagement
At
@KoinangeJeff
got my dictionary ready! Not about to miss the discussion,not when the President's speech was scanty on pertinent issues ailing the country.Think he should address his father's agenda; Poverty, Disease, Illiteracy, Ignorance.That's our big 4
#JKLive
#MsPresident
Remember this while we fight for
#JusticeforVelvine
, Wambua and many others.
💯✔
@monaeltahawy
I too want live to live in a world where I don't have to constantly look over my shoulder or worry about what to wear to in order to feel safe 😓.
#EndFemicideKE
@amnesty
Remember:
- not everyone can call the police.
- not everyone wants to call the police.
- the police do not protect everyone: ask Indigenous women, Black women, women of colour, marginalized women, sex workers, etc
- I do not want to be protected. I want to be free of violence
It's not enough to have new people, we have to create new institutions. As young people we can't afford to be victims of ignorance, indifference or lack understanding on the magnitude of the challenges we are facing -
@TamukaKagoro77
@elfafrica1
@NyangePatience
#TheGoodPolitician
What a privilege gracing
@Badili_A
's event as a guest of honor.
I was thrilled to witness the unveiling of their 5-year strategic plan for 2024-2028.
Congratulations to the Board, Partners, Mentors, Staff & Communities - your tireless efforts create a transformative impact.
For many years, Prof. Wangari Maathai kept being harassed; the World celebrated & gave her Nobel Prize; the highest global award ... Kenya celebrated her only after she died ... Now we are arresting Prof. David Ndii, a highly respected global Economist .. Kenya harasses its BEST!
Thanks for having me
@Kwwdnetwork
. Had a great time learning as well while facilitating.
Our voices Matter ✊🏾.
Diversity in perspectives matters ✊🏾.
Representation matters ✊🏾.
Kenya Network of Women and Girls with Disabilities
Day 2 of
#Strategic
Dialogue,our participants today are benefitting from sessions on advocacy ‘raising your voice, making change’, by
@BinaMaseno
and goal setting to achieve goals
@JosphatK64910
.We have had the pleasure to learn from and with great facilitators
@stelcheboi
#Lead
I have such a deep affection for Intellectual conversations.
Happy to connect with
#gamechangers
Ladawn Townsend, from the VOS group based in the USA &
@NoreenMakosewe
CEO, The Radical Leap Company based in the UK and passionate about empowerment in Africa
#LeadershipDevelopment
We at
@Badili_A
are raising the quality of dialogues the grassroots women leaders who play mobilizer roles during elections are having with political candidates, to ensure they cast an informed vote and mobilize for ethical leaders. 1/3
#ChamaWomenEngagement
#FormNiKuvote
We must improve the quality of our public participation and equally see how we can leverage tech to improve public participation, so we leave no one behind. While at it we must hold elected leaders & political parties accountable on this.
Enough is Enough.
#publicparticipation
“Tech should be used to enhance public participation” Bina Maseno proposes technology be used to get public opinion on policy and legislation issues.
#AMLiveNTV