{"id":28109,"date":"2017-12-07T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T16:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzkenya.com\/?p=28109"},"modified":"2018-02-01T09:50:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T08:50:05","slug":"100-most-influential-africans-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzkenya.com\/100-most-influential-africans-list\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Most Influential Africans: Ten Kenyans Including CJ David Maraga Listed"},"content":{"rendered":"
The list of 100 Most Influential Africans for the year 2017\u00a0has been published by\u00a0The New African Magazine<\/a>\u00a0and among the numerous people who made the list are ten Kenyans including\u00a0Chief Justice David Maraga.<\/p>\n The magazine which began operations five years ago,\u00a0announced its 2017 100 Most Influential Africans list on\u00a0Wednesday, December 6, celebrating 100 most influential Africans who helped shape the year.<\/p>\n This year’s list samples individuals from all sectors including business, politics, music, sports, and other industries,\u00a0whose work has contributed to transforming lives beyond\u00a0their main calling. The effects of this transformation, the\u00a0magazine\u2019s Editor explained, is seen in form of\u00a0change of perception or provision of inspiration to others.<\/p>\n While nineteen personalities from the English-speaking part of Africa made the list,\u00a012 from the French-speaking part found their way there and unlike other years when there was usually a wide gender gap, the 2017 list features 42\u00a0women\u00a0as opposed to 58 men.<\/p>\n Read Also:\u00a07 Most Influential And Stylish Reigning African First Ladies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n One of these men is the Chief\u00a0Justice and President of the\u00a0Supreme Court of Kenya,\u00a0David Maraga<\/strong>, who made the list because of the landmark ruling in September which nullified the August 8 presidential election.<\/p>\n Magara did something that has never been done in Africa by being courageous enough to pass judgment against the man who appointed him, President Uhuru Kenyatta, in favour of an opposition. By this singular action, he restored the faith of Kenyans in the independence of the judiciary.<\/p>\n He\u00a0appeared\u00a0as the 6th most influential person in the Politics and Public Service category, after the King of Morocco Mohammed VI.<\/p>\n Judge Maraga\u00a0was officially appointed to the position on 19 October 2016 and will be retiring on 12th January 2021\u00a0upon the attainment of 70 years as clearly stated in the country’s constitution.<\/p>\n Also on the\u00a0Politics and Public Service category is\u00a0the first woman from North Eastern to be elected to Parliament,\u00a0Sophia Abdi Noor<\/strong>, who is listed in the eight position. She took over the\u00a0Ijara constituency seat in 2007, under the Orange Democratic Movement. This was after she polled 6,001 votes,\u00a0narrowly defeating her\u00a0closest opponent-\u00a0incumbent Ahmed Ibrahim Abass- with almost 300 votes.<\/p>\n Before the victory of Mrs Noor, no woman from the\u00a0North East has ever been elected to any political position since Kenya’s independence, simply because communities in the region\u00a0held conservative views on\u00a0women leadership as a result of their\u00a0religious and cultural belief.<\/p>\n