Second lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi says a sacco for widows will help in empowering them financially. Speaking when she graced the 6th annual pre valentine dinner for widows and orphans at a Nairobi hotel Pastor Dorcas challenged widows and widowers in the country to strive for financial independence. She says the sacco will help the widows in investments and empower them.
“We need to take this thing a little higher, where we can have a widow’s sacco with every chapter put into it so that we can build a big investment that can help them so that they can also become rich people who can invest. “She said.
“If we can form a formidable force that can be able to support us in whatever we want so that we don’t have to be beggars, “She added.
Pastor Dorcas narrated her experience of being brought up by a widow after the death of her father at an early age. She says her mother rose up to the task to bring up her 8 children.
The second lady also called on the women to work towards becoming independent after losing their husbands.
“I believe every woman when you loose your husband you still have the ability and the potential to be able to work and become independent to take care of your children. When you are left in such a gap, so times you are left exposed and not knowing what to do. “She said.
She condemned injustices subjected to widows saying there are policies being developed to protect them.
The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action Veronica Nduva noted that there are over 894,000 widows in Kenya according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics economic survey 2019 .She however says the government is committed to fighting for the rights of widows and protecting their human rights just like any other Kenyan.
During the event a position paper developed by Come-together widows and orphans organization was launched. Led by the founder of the organization Diana Kamande the widows called for the legislation of laws to protect widows and widowers from violations under a theme-widowed person’s rights are also human rights. They also endorsed Pastor Dorcas as their patron.The empowerment of widows and orphans is part of the pillars under the office of the Spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas.
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