Businesswoman Grita Muthoni Joins Race to Succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta

Businesswoman Muthoni Grita has joined the presidential race ahead of the August 9th elections.

Muthoni officially declared her State House bid during a media briefing in Nairobi on Sunday, saying she will contest on a Ford Asili party ticket. She becomes the first female presidential aspirant in this year’s elections.

If elected, the University of East London graduate pledged to create servant leadership to address the country's problems, adding that she will focus on the youth, boosting the economy and restoring the rule of law.

“I Grita Muthoni, therefore offer to be your fifth president together, we improve lives and livelihoods, making Kenya a happy nation to our citizens and attractive to our visitors. In my government, we will be able to pay it because authentic leaders will serve you because we are servants,” Muthoni stated.

“We are going hungry right now, is it that the farmers became less that is the reason we have no food, No. I don’t even go far of this bid, we have youth, there is farming, there is road construction, we can even be exporting fertilizers,” she added.

Her administration, she says, will also seek to accelerate manufacturing, increase agricultural productivity, attract investments, improve education, develop talents, and provide equality and high-quality health care for all.

"I will restore dignity, social justice, and the rule of law where all government arms work in harmony for the common good of our citizens," Muthoni added.

The mother of three urged voters to reject her competitors, who she says lack the country's best interests at heart.

“I won’t say much because as I hear we have horses; we are waiting for leaders; leaders can join leaders and horses can join horses. The 2022 elections will be a choice between the future and the status quo which is pain, exploitation, self-reign and even slavery,” she noted.

“I aim to move Kenyans from human wrongs to human rights thus providing the dignity that everybody deserves. We need to embrace the spirit of nationhood.”

Muthoni previously served as the Chair and President of the Kenya Going Green Campaign, which aims to plant 50 million trees by the end of 2023. She was also a member of the Global Governing Council of the European Digital University Education USA in BlockChain Certification Application.

She has vast experience working for both profit and nonprofit organizations, including New Wine Church in the UK, Josephat Charity in London , and World Mothers and Children Organization in Gothenburg, Sweden.