Azimio La Umoja has launched a movement for women dubbed Azimio Women Movement.
The movement was unveiled on Thursday at a Nairobi hotel.
Various women from across the country brought together by a common agenda which is to ensure ODM leader Raila Odinga wins the presidency in the August general election attended the meeting.
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The movement whose slogan is ‘Jeshi la Baba ni akina mama’ seeks to engage in a massive recruitment exercise across the country and targets 27.5 million women.
Its main agenda will be defending the interest of women and seeking votes for Azimio la Umoja.
Azimio Women Movement noted they shall champion for a social protection program, financial support for women entrepreneurs and good healthcare under Raila’s administration.
They fleshed out Raila’s 10-point agenda focusing on matters that affect women.
Speaking during the launching event, the women vowed to be Raila’s foot-soldiers, spread the Azimio agenda across the nation and popularise Raila’s presidential bid.
“We will be Baba’s foot-soldiers in the estates, villages and shopping centres as we sell Azimio la Umoja’s policies, hunting, voting and protecting Baba’s votes,” the women said.
The women will also play the role of voicing women’s concerns across the country.
“will seek to have the voice of mothers in a village in Nyeri County who is struggling to raise her children as a single mother heard, and the place of a widow in Mandera burdened with the responsibility of feeding her children recognized,” the leaders said.
They appealed to the government to ensure tight security during the electioneering period for voters and protection of female aspirants against violence and intimidation.
"We are calling upon the Inspector General of police to ensure that our women leaders, our mothers seeking elective positions, be either that or a governor, senator, women representative, or a member of the county assembly protected against political violence and intimidation," the women said.
The meeting was attended by Anne Kananu, Naisula Lesuda, Elizabeth Ongoro, Charity Ngilu, Esther Passaris, Irene Mayaka, Mishi Mboko, Beatrice Elachi, Rachel Shebesh, Sicily Kariuki among other notable women
