Irene Kendi Biography
Irene Kendi is the former deputy president of the Student Organisation of Nairobi University (SONU). She is the first female to be elected in that position. She is an aspiring women representative of Meru County.
Irene Kendi Education Background
Undergraduate student at the University of Nairobi, Bachelors Degree in Education.
Secondary School student at Kangeta Girls High School in Meru
Irene Kendi Leadership Career
Her leadership career began when she joined the University of Nairobi Kikuyu campus, and she had only stayed for two weeks she noticed that all the students on the parallel programmee IDs were not available nad when she asked she was not given a satisfactory answer. She gathered her fellow students and went to see the dean and they gave the dean 24 hours ultimatum or they would boycott classes and within the 24 hors their IDs were ready for collection.
After some interventions around the campus she was elected as mayor of the campus. She initiated cleaning of hostels twice a day by the cleaning staff.
She later vied for an executive position in SONU but she lost. When the SONU constitution came up for amendment and review in 2013-2014, she was a commissioner and fought for more positions for women. They added treasurer, gender affairs and deputy president. They insisted that the position of SONU president and deputy president had to go to opposite genders.
Irene Kendi Organisations
In June 2014, she started the Kenya Universities Female Student Leaders Association (KUFSLA) which brings together current and former female student leaders across the country in an effort to eliminate gender discrimination at both university and national level.
She has also started a peer mentoring campaign named ‘Chanua Wenzetu’ for female students in high school, colleges and universities.
Irene Kendi Awards and Honors
Outstanding Female Mentor Award at Women in the Red Leadership Awards
Most Enterprising Female Student Leader in Africa
Irene Kendi Family
She is a mother of one boy-Gyan.
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