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 […]
Listen Major (Dr) Stella Mwangi was the first woman to be posted to Gilgil Military Garrison Regional Hospital as a medical doctor, and the first doctor to handle surgery while on missions. She is a patriot who serves tirelessly in the Kenya Army and is wholly committed to defending her country. Major (Dr) Stella Mwangi […]
Listen Fatumah Ahmed is the first major-general in Kenya Defence Forces following her appointment by President Uhuru Kenyatta on July 13, 2018. She is also Kenya’s first female Brigadier of the Kenya Defence Forces. She was promoted from Colonel to Brigadier on 11 August 2015 by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Kenya. In […]
Listen Mary Mukami Mwangangi will be remembered as Kenya’s first female traffic chief. Her life of faith, courage and commitment is testimony that the difficulties and complexities of life can be conquered. Described as a pillar of strength by her children, a selfless and devoted wife, parent, daughter, sister and friend, Mwangangi’s story of triumph […]
Listen Rosalid Wairimu is the first woman in East and Central Africa to become a diver, and is the officer in charge of Team Three, part of the Kenya Navy Diving Unit. Born among five brothers in Karatina, Nyeri County, in October 1979, Lieutenant Rosalid Wairimu is used to playing in a male-dominated field. She […]
Listen Captain Grace Ajierh is a lawyer who won a medal for drafting and implementing the Kenya Defence Forces Act, which superseded the Armed Forces Act, in the Constitution of Kenya in 2013. Military training might be tough, but Captain Grace Ajierh would not have it any other way. The lawyer considers herself even tougher […]
Listen Raychelle Omamo is the first Kenyan woman to hold the top job in the Defence ministry. She was also the first woman to chair the Law Society of Kenya. She has been a career diplomat having served in France, Portugal, The Holy See and the Republic of Serbia. The nomination of Raychelle Awuor Omamo […]
Listen Sophie Mukwana is the founder and director of the first private forensic lab in East Africa — Biotech Forensics Ltd. The company’s clients are drawn from Kenya and regionally from Djibouti, Rwanda, Burundi and as far as Côte d’Ivoire. Her firm primarily conducts DNA analysis on plant, animal and human samples to create data […]
Listen Emma Mbua was the first Kenyan female paleoanthropologist . She was also the first woman to head the National Museum of Kenya’s Paleoanthropology Section, Department of Earth Sciences (Human Evolution and Paleoenvironments) where she also worked as Principal Research Scientist. After 35 years of service, Mbua left the position but continues to serve as […]
Listen Florence Wambugu is a Plant Pathologist known for championing the importance of biotechnology in securing a future devoid of starvation and poverty for Africa. She is the Founder Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International (AHBFI) known as Africa Harvest, which aims to improve food security and the welfare […]