The Ni Mama campaign was aimed at building a capital around the numerical strength of the women’s constituency and to consolidate them into a political capital to propel women into elective and appointive positions. Ni Mama was a nationwide movement bringing together women to claim leadership positions so that they can transform the country. The movement mobilised and united women across the socio-economic and political sectors to provide a platform for visionary female leadership and solutions to challenges of the implementation of the two thirds gender principle. CRAWN Trust and the National Women’s Steering Committee-NWSC worked in collaboration with other women’s rights organisations and civil society organisation who included the Kenya Human Rights Commission-KHRC, CREAW, FIDA, URAIA Trust with the partnership from all members of Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu campaign to hold the largest ever women’s political gathering in Kenya’s history.
The forum brought together over 4000 women aspirants and grassroots women from different political parties across the country. It was aimed at creating sisterhood and solidarity among women from across parties debunking the often quoted myth that women do not support each other. Ni Mama mobilised support for women candidates by linking the women candidates with the women from the community who would help them in their campaigns to gain visibility.