Hellen Nkaissery the wife of the late Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Joseph Nkaissery played an important role in his life as a General in the army and in the growth of his political career.
Mrs Nkaiserry a former teacher is a well grassroots mobilizer in Kajiado County and most pundits believe that her mobilization skills played a key role in Nkaiserry's growth politically.
In 2002, Mrs Nkaiserry quit her teaching career to support her husband in achieving his political ambitions.
She founded the Kajiado Central Constituency Milk Project, an initiative which brought together six women’s groups.
The project was so successful that it has grown to a Maasai Women Dairy Cooperative Society and its membership has grown from 1,000 to more than 4,000, all drawn from the whole of Kajiado County and beyond.
Hellen is respected in Kajiado and the entire Maasai region and her fight for female circumcision is believed to have also endeared her to many.
Her massive influence and popularity translated into more support and votes for her husband who served as Kajiado Central Member of Parliament (MP).
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In an interview with K24, Hellen revealed that she was more of a backend person but came into the limelight after his husband joined politics.
“I am more of a background person, but I do offer a lot of support to my husband. When he went into politics that is when I realised that I had a bigger role to play,” she said.
Mrs Nkaiserry noted that her husband was not the tough guy everyone saw on TV stating that he is a very soft-spoken person.
“He may portray that image that he is too tough but I think he is a very soft person,” she stated.
Hellen married General Nkaiserry and 1981while he served as a trainer at the military academy at Ilmanet and have since been blessed with four children.
In regards to her education, Mrs Nkaiserry attended Tumutumu Girls’ High School in Nyeri for “A” Levels and later trained as a teacher at the Kenya Science Teachers’ College.
She taught maths and physics in several schools, among them Kericho Tea Secondary School, before retiring after 14 years to help her husband when he joined politics.
