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…
