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MS PRESIDENT FINALISTS IN BRUSSELS
MS PRESIDENT FINALISTS IN BRUSSELS

MS PRESIDENT FINALISTS IN BRUSSELS

Simon Gicia November 18, 2019

On 18-21 November 2019, Media Focus on Africa (MFA) and the five finalists of Ms President are invited to Brussels to attend a series of meetings with high representatives of the European Union. Ms President is a 26-episode TV reality show that aims to raise awareness on the role of women leadership in effective peace building and in countering violent extremism. The show featured a diverse group of 71 women who competed to become the first female President of Kenya.

Five finalists were selected for the final episodes which included a field campaign, a private meeting with the President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E Uhuru Kenyatta, a presidential live debate and a grand finale where the winner was announced. Kenyans were invited to vote for their preferred candidate through a free SMS platform. The 26 episodes aired on KTN and attracted more than 3.5 million viewers every week. Nereah Amondi Oketch was crowned first ‘’Ms President of Kenya’’. The impact of the project is already observed. Contestants have expressed an increase in their self-confidence, their power of influence at home, in their communities and on political level. It has given them a tremendous opportunity to network and promote the interest of women and girls in Kenya. Many of them have already expressed their intention to vie at the 2022 election.

The project also included capacity-building for women contestants, media practitioners and local civil-society organisations. Finally MFA and its project partner, Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), are currently organising 55 community dialogues in three violence-prone counties: Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale. These dialogues will be attended by community, religious, youth and women leaders. The aim is to specifically counter violent extremism through the promotion of women leadership.

Thanks to the European Delegation to Kenya and the EU representatives in Brussels, a 4-day meeting was organised between MFA, the five finalists and EU representatives. During that week, MFA and the finalists will be engaging with Ms Hautala, Ms McGuinness, M. Fabio Massimo Castaldo – Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, Ms. Sonya Reines-Djivanides – Executive Director of the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, Sandra Kramer – Director DEVCO, EU relations, West and East Africa, members of the European Peace Building Office.

Finally MFA and the finalists will be meeting the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, Ms Federica Mogherini. Through these meaningful meetings, MFA hopes to strengthen its current relationship with the European Union and to raise the voice of Kenyan women internationally.

EU head of Delegation in Kenya sent off the team to Brussels after a lengthy discussion on a way forward for increasing Women’s participation in high level decision making in government and corporations.

MFA wishes to thank its funding partners: the European Delegation to Kenya, Global Affairs Canada and Hivos.

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Meet #MsPresident Nuru Mohammed. She is an enthusiast, engineer and a champion of sustainable development with an BSc. and Msc. in water resources and environment engineering. She has acquired experience in designing, implementing and capacity building in water, environment, sanitation, land management and urban development programs.She is focused on programs that will enhance a sustainable economy and improve food security. She is passionate about girl education is sciences and has participated in mentorship of girls in schools. Read more about her story here:https://mediafocusonafrica.org/ms-president-2022/#MsPresident #SheCanLead ... See MoreSee Less

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On Thursday, the premiere episode of #MsPresident aired on @ktnhome_ . Their first task given to them by the judges was to form political parties, choose their President from amongst themselves and create their manifestos. If you missed out on all the action, worry not. You can catch the re-run this Sunday at 2.00pm. #MsPresident #SheCanLead ... See MoreSee Less

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We had a successful dialogue on GBV in Jinja city. MFA is using edutainment, media and dialogues to fight GBV against women and girls and to promote women's rights at the grassroot levels of the most affected communities . With support from Urgent Action Fund, MFA has partnered with ADOVIC , a community based organization for facilitate the dialogues. ... See MoreSee Less

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MFA Uganda is using radio & community dialogue to create more platforms for communities especially women to debate and find realistic solutions to confront GBV. This week we are in Jinja for dialogues in partnership with ADOVIC Uganda supported by Urgent Action Fund ... See MoreSee Less

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Meet #MsPresident Nuru Mohammed. She is focused on programs that will enhance a sustainable economy and improve food security. She is passionate about girl education in sciences.

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Did you catch the Premere episode of #MsPresident on Thursday? If you missed it, I have some great news for you.

Catch the re-run on Sunday only on @ktnhome_ from 2.00pm.

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Media Focus on Africa Media Focus on Africa · 3 days ago
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Yesterday we had an amazing start to #MsPresident Season 2. We hope you all enjoyed the show. Stay tuned because the show is only going to get better. What did you think of last night's episode?

Ms President Contestant Lydia Munika had some interesting insights. #SheCanLead https://t.co/pDqFDsDvhf
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GIVEAWAY ALERT! As promised, we owe you a giveaway. All you need to do is be among the first 3 people to answer this question.

In the Season Premiere of #MsPresident, what was Sawazisha's Party Slogan?

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We can not wrap up #MsPresident Premiere without thanking the partners who have walked with us through this journey. @CanHCKenya @unwomenkenya @EUinKenya.

We look forward to seeing the rest of the show unfold.
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There you have it, judges @Zippy_okoth, @Njeri_Kiereini and @miconyango have decided that all the women get to fight another day. However, they have been left with a stern warning to step up their game. It will take more to become the ultimate #MsPresident.

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#Jinja #CommunityDialogues
QUOTE: "Many young people are getting married at teenage years but after a few years of being together the woman is far more mature in reasoning than her husband. That difference in reasoning is causing conflict that ends up as GBV in homes"
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#Jinja #CommunityDialogues #EndGBV
"Poverty is the main cause of GBV here. We have a saying in lusoga that "obwavu lumbe" meaning poverty is death. Women despise their poor husbands, this angers the men into beating them up to humble them."
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We had a successful dialogue on GBV in Jinja city. MFA is using edutainment, media and dialogues to fight GBV against women and girls and to promote women's rights at the grassroot levels of the most affected communities. Support from @UrgentAct, we partnered with @ADOVICUganda https://t.co/euKemoAq5h
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MFA Uganda is using radio & community dialogue to create more platforms for communities especially women to debate and find realistic solutions to confront GBV. This week we are in Jinja for dialogues in partnership with @ADOVICUganda supported by @UrgentAct https://t.co/9E8yTwORli
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#Lusaka:Participating in this timely+valuable meeting with @cipesaug.It empowers our efforts to promote digital inclusion 4 #women, rural based, journos. #DigitalRights are #HumanRights, yet more is needed to increase access, affordability, inclusion etc #InternetFreedomAfrica. https://t.co/tsJWyJJbh4
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#Media can help! Authorities and duty bearers can reach more audiences through meaningful partnerships and engagement with media to relay urgent information to end #VAG! #ActAgainstGBV https://t.co/6w0GkJJwzf
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