Wanjeri Nderu

Wanjeri Nderu in 2018

Wanjeri Nderu ( born 1979) is a well-known Kenyan activist who has participated extensively online and on the streets in a number of campaigns and protests.[1]

Quotes

• “We are tried of being bombarded every single day with news of how much money we are losing that should be going to fight the COVID pandemic,”
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• “Theft doesn’t even stop during a pandemic,”...“We have people dying while some are stealing.”
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• extremely personally lewd, body shaming me and my family
• I kept asking myself if there was anything I could have done. Perhaps if I had stepped in, he would still be alive
• not being able to sleep well and sometimes, not sleeping at all! When I get any of these episodes online, I am hardly able to sleep. I spend my nights worrying and dreading getting back online when morning comes
  • Kenya: One woman’s relentless fight for human rights amid threats and reprisals,18 May 2018,by Amnesty International
• you don’t wake up and say, I’m going to be an activist, that is the career that I want. It doesn’t work like that really. You find yourself in these spaces because you’re angered by something or you want to change something
• I had just entered my car then rolled down the window. That was at Langata mall, outside a supermarket called Cleanshelf at 8pm. Some well built, tall and dark man just approached me. I had seen him standing near my car but he was not a suspicious person. He then mumbled something like Wacha kelele, ama tutakumaliza (stop making noise otherwise we will kill you). He hit me on my left eye and walked away. He was not in a hurry to run or hide
• The public support I get is what keeps me going
  • Wanjeri Nderu- The fearless red-haired social justice crusader,November 21, 2022,by Joy Cheptoo