Kikuyu Member of Parliament and Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah on Wednesday, April 16, apologised on behalf of Gender Cabinet Secretary nominee, Hanna Cheptumo, over her controversial remark on femicide. While forwarding a motion seeking the National Assembly's approval for the nomination of Cheptumo and her Public Service counterpart Geoffrey Ruku, Ichung'wah confirmed that he had spoken to the nominee and received her apologies over her remarks. "Ever since the incident happened, I have indeed spoken to her (Cheptumo) and she has offered her unreserved apologies to the country, to the (National Assembly Appointments) Committee, to this house for that inadvertent statement and I think it is only right that we support this lady," Ichung'wah stated. Ichung'wah alluded to the controversial remarks made by Cheptumo, stating she was in an unfamiliar environment where she was under the national limelight.
An image of Gender CS nominee Hannah Cheptumo appearing before Parliament's vetting committee on Monday, April 14.
Photo Parliament of Kenya "Without being an apologist for her, it is only right we understand the context in which things are said.
Someone who has not been in the space that she was in that day is likely to make such small mistakes.
