Pressure continues to pile on Gender Cabinet Secretary nominee Hanna Cheptumo as a coalition of 15 groups collectively called for the withdrawal of her nomination by President William Ruto.
In a statement released on Wednesday, April 16, the network of rights-based groups released a joint statement, urging the reconsideration of Cheptumo's appointment because of what they termed as "troubling" and "harmful" remarks made during her vetting before the National Assembly.
Hanna, the widow of the late Baringo Senator William Cheptumo, courted controversy on Monday, April 14, when she suggested that the issue of femicide in the country stemmed from a deeper societal concern involving girls wanting money. "Femicide is brought about by dependency.
If girls were able to have economic power, they would not depend on either gender.
