The
Global Call to Action against Poverty –Kenya (GCAP-Kenya) is mourning the
passing on of one of her founding members and staunch antipoverty campaigners,
Mrs Monica Amollo.
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| TWS Lib || GCAP-K's Mwangi Waituru |
Monica
Amollo was among five people who died on Tuesday evening after the vehicle they
were traveling in got involved in an accident along Homa Bay – Ndhiwa road in
Homa Bay County.
GCAP-Kenya’s
Mwangi Waituru through a post on a social media platform writes that Monica Amollo
was very instrumental in the formation of the first GCAP-Kenya Council and the network
is saddened by the news of her untimely death.
Waituru
recalls that Monicah Amollo was a champion in the fight against poverty &
inequality who gave no foothold to any form of suppression or oppression
against women.
“I met her as we matched along the streets of
Homa Bay during the 2004 International Women’s day; I watched her standards
grow by the day.” Mwangi Waituru
Acknowledging
her role in shaping Kenya’s political landscape, Waituru notes that Monicah Amollo
will be fondly commemorated for her influential role in the establishment of the
Kenya’s Women Shadow Parliament and for fighting many political battles.
Monica
Amollo was until the time of her death a nominated County Representative and Acting
Chairperson of the former Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga led Orange
Democratic Movement political party in Homa Bay County.
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