First for Friends in East Africa

First woman presiding clerk appointed in East Africa.

by Tara Craig 28th August 2015

Bware Yearly Meeting (YM) in Kenya has appointed the first woman presiding clerk in East Africa.

Monica Makungu Dalizu has been vice presiding clerk of Bware Yearly Meeting for the last three years and has served a three-year term as the YM recording clerk. She is also the recording clerk for Friends Church Kenya (the national umbrella organisation for the eighteen Yearly Meetings in Kenya).