Author: By Pkemoi Ng’enoh and Josphat Thiong’o

Audio By Vocalize Naiyanoi Ntutu (centre) was appointed to the Board of the ICT Authority after the death of her husband Emurua Dikirr MP Johanna Ng’eno. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] The recent appointment of Naiyanoi Ntutu, widow of the late Emurua Dikirr MP Johanna Ng’eno, to the Board of the Information and Communication Technology Authority has re-ignited debate on whether the State is quietly institutionalizing a compensation system for political widows and widowers. Naiyanoi’s appointment adds to a growing list of widows who have landed State appointments following the demise of their spouses, even as pundits argue that the move is a wider scheme by…

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