YOUTH AND LEADERSHIP
Welcome for another episode of youth and leadership. Youth make bulky of the the population and voters. Therefore they play a critical role in deciding the kind of people who are put in power during the voting process. This episode is timely now that the country is preparing to vote in a new crop of leaders in the 19th August elections. 254 Youth Policy Cafe team sat down with Irene Kendi .Irene Kendi is an statute Gender and Youth expert with passion for girls education and women empowerment. For over a decade, Irene has crusaded for affirmative and elective leadership positions for women, right from the Students Organization of Nairobi University (SONU) to the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) and the National Government, where she currently works. Her local and international experience in Youth Affairs advocacy saw her appointed to serve on the Board of the Youth Advisory Board in July 2021.
Irene holds a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Arts in Women, Leadership and Governance in Africa from the University of Nairobi and a Postgraduate qualification in Strategic Leadership and Management from Coventry University, UK.