Women urged to vie in the coming general elections
By Nganyi Obiero
Women have been asked to vie for sits in the coming general elections by being voted in instead of waiting to be nominated by political parties as a shortcut to get positions.
While addressing mourners during the funeral of the late Mzee Ferdinand Waffubwa in Namilama village Kabuchai constituency, the chair for the commission on gender and inequality Winnie Lichuma asked women to come out in numbers and vie for the elective seats in the upcoming general elections instead of sitting back and waiting to be nominated by political parties.
She asked political parties to give women a chance and give them party tickets to vie for different seats at the same time challenging women to compete with men for those seats as a sign of strength.
Lichuma cautioned men that asking women to run for political seats doesn’t mean that women will vote for women as each and every person has a right to vote for the leader he or she wants.
Mzee Waffubwa was born in 1937 and died at the age of 79 after a long battle with arthritis before developing hypertension. Hundreds of mourners who thronged his funeral praised him as an educationist and a disciplinarian.
One of his daughters Isabel Waffubwa said that their father taught them discipline and made sure that he took all of the girls to schools which has made the girls to be respected all over the world asking all parents to ensure they educate their girls.
His eldest daughter Evelyn Waffubwa who works at the ministry of agriculture was thankful to the father as she said that where they are is because of the hard work and determination of their father saying he has just led the way.
Kabuchai Member of Parliament asked parents to follow the example of the late Mzee Waffubwa dream of educating their children adding that he has done his best to add the number of schools in his constituency to bring education closer to the people
