Ida Betty Odinga received an award for her selfless service to community and her country.
The award was an acknowledgement of her great support towards health, education, women, peace, as well as boy and girl-child empowerment.
Hekima Kaka Society organized the award ceremony at Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi on Friday.
The director of Hekima Kaka Society, Agnes Salome said that the aim of the event was to honour Ida for her outstanding and valuable contribution to the welfare of nationhood, education, equity and family life.
Salome founded in 2008 Hekima with the aim of addressing the plight of the boy-child and men in Kenya.
According to former MP for Karachuonyo, Phoebe Asiyo, Ida’s energy and commitment to drive positive change at the grassroots was impressive.
Asiyo has advocated education of girl-child, women’s rights and gender equality.
"Mama Ida is a woman of strong faith. I recall how she managed to raise her children single-handedly when her husband and ODM leader Raila Odinga was in detention and away from the country for a long period. You have done wonders in this country. Your passion for girl and boy-child and women empowerment cannot go unnoticed,” said Asiyo.
She thanked Ida for playing a significant role behind the scenes in realising the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila. Asiyo added that it made the country more peaceful.
"When Mama Ida gives you a smile, it's deep from her heart and not a fake one," Nairobi County Woman Representative Esther Passaris said.
Ida was awarded with a mantle of authority to protect the interest of the community and clan by
Tom Obondo, former Ndhiwa MP, who is the custodian of the mantle from the Komollo clan.
She expressed the need for modern-day parents to play their role of taking good care of their children to avoid "many deviant behaviours".
Ida Odinga Trust signed an MoU with Hekima Kaka Society to continue in their activities of educating girls and boys.
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