Murang’a Senator Irungu Kangata has been nominated for global leadership award.
The award is accorded to leaders across their globe whom their effort to empower the society has been felt.
In an event held at American University in Cairo, Egypt by Tällberg Foundation the senator will compete for the global award with other social and political leaders from Africa.
The winner will get Sh million and engage with a network of leaders who have changed their societies across the world.
According to a statement obtained from the Tällberg Foundation, the voting is ongoing and will be closed on April 12 where judges comprising of international eminent experts will conduct the final selection of the winners.
“Voting closes on April 12, jury comprised of international eminent experts from various bodies including an Inter-Parliamentary Union representative (a global body of parliamentarians) who will do the final selection and results announced in August 2019
The Prize is awarded annually to outstanding leaders who demonstrate the willingness and capacity to address the complexity of 21st-century challenges in innovative, risk-taking, and ethical ways, and whose work is global in aspiration or implication and is rooted in universal values.
Prize winners are honored not only for what they have already accomplished, but for their commitment to continue seeking the kinds of positive change our societies demand.
An international jury—composed of leaders from different disciplines, experiences and backgrounds—reviews the nominations and ultimately selects winners. That selection process entails successive rounds of secret balloting, which means that all jurors have equal weight in the selection process. In effect, each year’s jury defines its own criteria, and every nominee is judged individually.
In 2018, 825 nominations were submitted from 130 countries and 3 prizes were awarded.