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"content": "The wife of Bill Gates, that is Belinda Gates; the wife of the former President of the USA, that is Hillary Clinton and the daughter, Chelsea have launched a book that talks about recognition of women. In their book, they are saying that it is quite depressing that in 2015, the number of women in leadership in the world is still below 10 per cent. Back home, it is good that we have a person who is recognized out there in the international scene because as we have done in this country, we have a bad culture of not recognizing women. We have treated women as if they are second class citizens yet we know the role they play. The country is still grappling with the third gender rule and men are worried that if we have a third of women in leadership, something might go wrong, yet we all go home to either our mothers or our wives. Therefore, if a country can recognize a lady like Prof. Micere Mugo, it is, in fact, a lesson to us. At every national holiday when you look at the people that the President recognizes with all his medals, people like Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’ Nyong’o, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo or even Sen. (Prof.) Lesan who have done do much for the education sector are never awarded these medals. We just give the medals to politicians, people who do showbiz and the ones who entertain us. Therefore, I think this is a recognition and as leaders, other than even send Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- Nyong’o with recognition or good words, we should show leadership in recognizing scholars like him and what they have done to the education sector. Thank you."
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