"Today I celebrate my sister, mentor and friend. Hon Fatuma Ibrahim Ali. ... Hon Fatuma Ibrahim is a truly committed to the cause of empowering women and girls."

"I learnt a lot l learned how encouragement and strong a woman can be to lead people despite of men didn't like it"

"I stood against 158 male Mps and beat them all in debate"

"“It is time men started to change their thinking, for today’s woman can no longer be regarded as yesterday’s. Women will no longer be subservient to men.”"

"I would like to appeal to fellow women they should not wait for nomination all the time they should fight the men"

"Leadership position is not only politics."

"I do not advocate any one philosophy or another, I’m no threat to any side, so everyone trusts me, as I trust them."

"We were very clear about our sincerity… we wanted very high penalties, we wanted a real disincentive for the poachers."

"The role of women in science continues to be increasingly important particularly in development and also in the advancement of the field. I believe that we as women have a distinct perspective in science. If you look at the role that we've played in the life sciences and also in the medical sciences we have been able to bring women's issues to bear look at the issue of water and sanitizing water women have taken a leadership in this particular room because in African communities in the Kenyan communities water is woman's responsibility and we've been able to push for the fact that we need portable and cleaner water."

"I want to encourage the students that as you go, work hard, stay focused, and the sky is the limit."

"Through my support, I have seen young people go back to school. I have also witnessed married women return to high school. And in one place I was referred to as professor of professors, simply because I encouraged a culture of people going back to school even if they have children."

"We don't want a nation of hustlers because we want people to move from where they are to the next level, we don't want to stick to where we are forever people start from somewhere"

"There are so many leadership positions that youths can take advantage of."

"Put youths of this Country to a level that they can comfortably go for leadership position."

"We’re still reeling from losing these five elephants; it’s the worst incident for a long time. It’s my job to stop this menace, and I want to be there to show the government is committed to this, to boost the morale of the rangers, to help however we can."

"It was shocking, deeply shocking."

"Believing that I have the expertise, experience, skills and competencies to move the Commonwealth secretariat to the next level, I seek your support and endorsement at the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit to serve as the next secretary general”"

"We cannot realize our potential as a country, without an environment that enables us to optimize on opportunities around us"

"The reason we have this candidature is because I believe that I am a visionary, strategic, innovative and transformative leader with a track record of successful public service, proven commitment and integrity. I have insights in government and private organisations at the national, regional and international levels"

"We don't need to amend the Constitution to prescribe the relationship between a President and a Deputy President, people need to change their behavior."

"We pray that we may compete with ideas, not insults, that we lessen the tension in the nation by the way we treat one another, none of us is perfect."

"In any talks, the part that makes the talks succeed is the party in power."

"I ran in 2013 and lost, but I still have unfinished business with the presidency, so God-willing one day I will serve in that capacity."

"If you have no respect for your colleagues, you will also not respect the citizens. If you want the presidency, respect the sitting president … And it does not mean you should not fault him or her, but do it in a manner that is orderly and has a basis."

"I will unite with anybody I need to unite with in order to liberate this country."

"We remember that our constitution acknowledges the supremacy of God we remember our national values and principals and how we pray that moving forward and especially after this prayers that our actions match our words."

"It is said prayers without action is not real so how I pray that our prayers are matched by our action if we do that we definitely will have peaceful elections, a peaceful transition and a nation that stands together."

"Let’s give each other equality of opportunity probably there is a woman who will make this country move to the next level."

"Our wellbeing as a country is in our hands, let us really think how we utilize our power to vote that is the key to better living. Let us elect people of integrity, let us not follow money. Don’t vote with your stomach, vote with your mind."

"And for the women and people of Kenya, when it comes to election, elect independent women, women who think for themselves, who do not wait to be told what to do, women who will carry national issues on behalf of Kenyans and women's issues. Jul 23, 2025"

"Kenya is greater than my ambition that should after all that Kenyans decide its somebody else I definitely give way to let Kenya thrive. May 30, 2025"

"I remain Who I am so for me is whatever opportunity I have to serve to use it to the best of my ability and whatever little opportunity I have whether in elected service or indifferent space to use it to improve that position that is entrusted to me yeah so the label doesn't matter."

"“My slogan, Ntitonaibornagol, meaning ‘a young, strong girl’, resonated well with the electorate. We spoke to the community: You sired both boys and girls, took both of us to school, and here we are now. You have been giving opportunities to boys; we now humbly request you to give girls a chance, so you can see what we can turn out to be.”"

"If we do not have peace in our country, if we cannot be one people, then everything we aspire and we work for if futile."

"Politics is a platform where you lead, where you transform, where you engage with other people to make the society better."

"“Individual passion and drive are crucial for success.”"

""The tragedy of life is not death, the tragedy of life is what dies in one when still alive"."

"Do not accept a ‘come-we-stay’ arrangement. I dismisse wife inheritance as …a good thing overtaken by time and circumstances."

"I consider herself lucky in this regard, because my two children, Kavinya and Maluki, were aged 19 and 17 respectively when their father died. I ensured that they pursued their education overseas uninterrupted."

"Keeping aloof will break you. Share your problems with other widows. Mama Ngina Kenyatta (Kenya’s pioneer First Lady), Pamela Mboya and Mrs Argwings Kodhek (both widows of Cabinet Ministers in the Kenyatta government) were close to me and I consulted them a lot."

"I take credit for advocating for women’s rights during the Beijing women’s conference, but regrets that the lot of women has not improved to the levels anticipated in the conference objectives, especially in areas of water, food security and poverty. Successive governments have failed to address women’s needs."

"When we passed the new Constitution, I was sure that the position of the County Women’s Representative would serve to address the plight of women right from the village level, but things have not changed, especially because the position is not supported through funding."

"Leadership has to make peoples' lives better."

"stuffing ourselves with the poisons and irritants in tobacco is not cool", as "tobacco kills half of those who use it. This can certainly not be "cool"."

"From to-day smoking in all public places is prohibited. Smoking will not be allowed in public vehicles, cinema halls, schools, work places, restaurants and anywhere else where members of the public are enjoying fresh air."

"The Roots Party Presidential candidate George Wajackoyah popularity is gaining on President William Ruto."

"The problem posed by oral health in Africa is compounded by the fact that budgetary allocation to oral health programmes has been minimal."

"Gone are the days when the prime function of the Kenyan woman was to be treated as a man’s possession."

"We must target changing attitudes among men and boys in order to create lasting improvements for women and girls. From experience, I can categorically say that an educated man in my opinion— one who is enlightened and not with academic credentials, will not be threatened by a woman."