Listen Pamela Jelimo stormed into athletics history when she won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at the age of 18 years, making her the youngest Kenyan woman and one of the youngest Kenyans to win an Olympic gold medal. In a blaze of success after the Olympic victory, Jelimo soon after […]
Listen Rose Naliaka is a self-taught golfing champion. She is the first and only professional female golfer in Kenya and founder of the Rose Naliaka Foundation and Rose Naliaka Golf Academy that are credited with bringing golf, widely considered the preserve of the affluent and dominated by men, to under-privileged girls. Rose Naliaka has travelled […]
Listen In 2012, Vivian Cheruiyot was named the Laureus Female Athlete of the Year and the Female Athlete of the Year by US Track and Field Magazine. She was also voted one of the greatest sportswomen of all time by the Laureus World Sports Academy, becoming the first Kenyan woman and the second sportsperson from […]
Listen Tegla Loroupe is one of the greatest long-distance runners of our time. A three-time World Half-Marathon champion, she represented Kenya at a record five World championships, won five major marathons across New York, London and Rotterdam, and back-to-back world half-marathon gold medals. For her achievements, she was awarded the Order of the Golden Warrior […]
Listen Athlete-turned-philanthropist Ruth Waithera is Kenya’s all-time best sprinter who held the 400m national record for more than 30 years until it was broken in 2017. Along the way, she won bronze over 200m at the 1978 All Africa Games and 1979 African Championships. She twice swept the 100m, 200m and 400m races at the […]
Listen Catherine Ndereba is one of the most inspiring and celebrated athletes in the world. She is a two-time Olympic and multiple marathon champion, notably breaking the world record in the 2001 Chicago Olympics. She was named Sportswoman of the Year in both 2004 and 2005. In 2005, she was awarded the Order of the […]
Listen Grace Kaindi is Kenya’s first female provincial police boss. She is also the first woman to be appointed Deputy Police Commissioner. Until 2015, she served as the Deputy Inspector General of Police, becoming the first woman to hold this position. In this especially difficult career path for women, she is eager to mentor the […]
Listen Alice Kagunda was the first woman Police Commissioner in Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice and Police Management, and is also a PhD holder. As Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kagunda headed the controversial reform programme geared to humanise the force and improve its public image. In her over three […]
Listen Anne Obare proved her naysayers wrong when she successfully joined the Navy, a predominantly male unit in the military. She enjoys steering ships and boats, typically male roles. An adventurer, she has sailed far and wide in her quest to keep Kenyan waters safe. She is currently a Senior Private Sea Woman Class 1 […]
Listen Elizabeth Nyaruai is the first African female police officer, and one of the first women to join the Scouting movement. Her year of birth is estimated to be 1917. The mother of four served in the force for five years, leaving in 1956 at the height of the Mau Mau war after she was […]