
Ms. President
Ms President is a reality TV series broadcast nationally via KTN every Wednesday at 8pm- 9pm. It features the “election” of one among the all-female contestants as the “President” of Kenya. The contestants undergo training and are then given tasks to undertake. In the process they display to the national audience their leadership capacity and abilities. In the end, via judge’s decision and viewers votes, one contestant shall be “elected President” It is a 26 episode reality TV series.
A call inviting Kenyan women between the ages of 21-70 years to apply for consideration to join the show was put out on 5th June 2018 and closed on 10th August 2018. A total of 1010 applications from all 47 Counties were submitted by close of the call. After a rigorous shortlisting process that combined evaluation of submitted applications and interviews, 71 contestants joined the Ms President academy.
The main objective of Ms President is to showcase to the national audience intelligent and articulate women who are “Presidential” with the aim of increasing the chances of women in Kenya taking up leadership positions across all spheres of our society. Many of the contestants will pursue leadership in different arenas including politics.