Media personality, Mwanaisha Chidzuga, has penned an emotional message to her late mother, former Kwale Woman Representive, Zainab Chidzuga.
In a statement posted on her social media pages on Thursday, August 13, Mwanaisha expressed gratitude for the years she and her mother had spent together before her demise on Wednesday.
The former K24 TV news anchor disclosed that Zainab lived a healthy and fulfilled life until mid July 2021 when she fell ill.
"We loved you mum, supa supa, smart mama, but Allah loved you more. I am so grateful to Allah for giving me and my siblings the gift of calling you mama...Till we meet again, rest in power," she wrote.
She added that Zainab was a champion of community-centered empowerment with an unashamed bias to women and youth.
"She was a community leader and actively contributed to the women's movements at local, national and international levels through the Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization."
Zainab was the Woman Representative for Kwale County from 2013 to 2017 but lost to the incumbent Zuleikha Hassan.
During the Madaraka Day celebrations in October 2020, President Uhuru Kenyatta recognised her for championing the rights of the less fortunate in Kwale County.
"Through out her life, she was a peacemaker, role model, mentor and mother to many, earning her the deserved title of Mama Kwale County," Mwanaisha added.
Zainab is survived by seven children and 22 grand-children.
The family is seeking to raise Ksh2 million to settle the hospital bill accrued when the deceased was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
