The Governor- County Government of Kwale
THE GOVERNOR'S WELCOME NOTE
H.E Fatuma Achani became the first deputy Governor and second Governor of Kwale County.
A lawyer by profession, Governor Achani served in FIDA – Kenya for several years before joining politics. Her political career began in 2013 during the onset of devolution where she teamed up with Hon. Salim Mvurya and the duo become the first Governor and Deputy Governor for the County of Kwale.
A trailblazer in many, she was able to support the leadership of Hon. Salim Mvurya and became his deputy for the two terms (10yrs) of his office as the first Governor of Kwale County.
Among the many accolades Governor Achani holds are include:
The first Deputy Governor to serve for two terms under the same Governor.
The first female Governor in the Coast region.
The first female Muslim Governor in Kenya.
Governor Achani has a wealth of experience in governance, women in leadership, capacity building, and mobilization skills. She is passionate about economic empowerment in both women’s and the youth space.
She has been responsible for institutionalizing the village savings and loan model in Kwale County, resulting in women being empowered in all aspects of life. The model focuses on the grassroots mobilization of financial capital for economic and social growth. H.E Achani has also challenged all women and youth groups to establish companies to enable them to do business. With her assistance, several women’s group-led companies have received contracts/tenders with the county government including a women’s group that constructed the Samburu cultural center.
Governor Achani’s vision for Kwale is to be a self-sustaining and competitive industrialized county has led her to aggressively implore a leadership style that will enable the realization of this vision. The transformative and all-inclusive style of leadership has gained her the achievement of bringing all Kwale elected leaders to work together for the development of Kwale County and to serve the Kwale people in a peaceful environment. Committed to her goals and vision in making Kwale even greater; Governor Achani has put to play her amazing resource mobilizing skills which have so far yielded a number of supports in several sectors in the County including health which is her number one priority.
Governor Achani has demonstrated that women’s leadership is possible, and it does deliver as long as you have a vision, and strive to achieve it. She believes that you can do whatever you set out to achieve despite the societal pressure and misconceptions about women’s leadership. You can only have the power to be a change-maker if you believe in yourself that is her rallying call.