Caroline Kihato

Daniel arap Moi called her a ‘mad woman’ and a ‘threat to order and security’. MPs threatened to mutilate her genitals. Women in Kenya, particularly young women, see themselves in a different light since the advent of environmentalist Wangari. Caroline Kihato, a young Kenyan, explains why.

The situation in Kenya is fragile. The euphoria, and the consequent energy and hope that it has generated, is bound to dissipate as the enormity of the task of nation building begins to sink in — South Africans can relate to this