Orie Rogo Manduli

Orie Rogo Manduli (née Mary Slessor Orie Rogo, 1948 – 8 September 2021) was a Kenyan diplomat, women's activist and journalist. She won the Miss Kenya beauty pageant in 1964 and in 1974, alongside Sylvia Omino was the first woman of African descent and from Kenya to compete in the East African Safari Rally.

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    • "I was angry that we were hosting the Safari Rally annually and the few women who were participating were all foreigners. I wanted to prove that Kenyan women, too, could participate in car racing. I do not like to be put in a box or to be stereotyped."
    • “Marriage can be tricky and when it comes to children, I just don’t understand why a woman would not want to have her own. Children are the reason we work so hard, besides being our future generation and the ones who will help us in old age. You cannot send your cat or dog to run errands, can you?”
    • “I will not let my daughters marry without a prenuptial agreement. Lazy men take advantage of hardworking women. Men cannot be trusted to take care of the children after a woman passes on due to their polygamous nature.”

https://www.mpasho.co.ke/politics/2021-09-08-orie-rogo-mandulis-7-most-popular-and-controversial-quotes

    • "I fear nothing, and I regret nothing. I do what I do because I believe in it, and I always stand by my decisions."

https://kenyanheroes.com/hero/orie-rogo-manduli/

    • "Women are scared of themselves be it in Europe, North America or Asia because they have been socialized to be scared of being alone, they have been socialized to be scared of being different, they have been socialized to be scared of striking out."
    • "I am Orie!, unique and special, brought here for a purpose and one of the purposes is to bring up this beautiful family I've brought up of 4 children, three girls, and one son."
    • "So my sisters who stay in abusive marriages saying they are staying for the children, they know they are lying because when a marriage is not working, the children are the primary sufferers."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J55uOZ70sg

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