19/01/2026
I have a dream 🙌💚💚🙌
I have a dream that one day, the nation of Kenya will rise to fully live out the vision of its National Cervical Cancer Elimination Action Plan(2025-2030) — A Kenya free from the burden of cervical cancer.
Today, this dream carries a deeply personal meaning...
This day marks fifteen years since my mother died from .
Her death was not inevitable. It was a reminder of what happens when prevention, early detection, and timely treatment are out of reach, and why this moment must matter.
We hold this vision to be undeniable and non-negotiable:
to achieve and sustain 90% HPV vaccination coverage,
70% screening coverage through HPV testing,
and 90% access to timely and effective treatment for and cancer by 2030.
I have a dream that our daughters will grow up in a country where prevention is not a privilege, where earlydetection is the norm, and where no woman’s life is cut short by a disease that is preventable and treatable.
A Kenya where everyone, regardless of geography or income, has equitable access to quality HPV vaccination, screening, diagnosis, treatment, palliativecare, and survivorship support.
We gathered today not merely to make a declaration, but to affirm a commitment—to remind Kenya, and indeed the African continent, of the fierce urgency of now.
This is not the time for delay.
This is not the moment for half-measures or gradual promises.
The time for action is now.
The time to translate policy into impact is now.
The time to turn strategy into lives saved is now.
Let this joint declaration mark more than a launch—let it mark a turning point for cervical cancer elimination and for cancer control in Kenya.
Together, let us make this dream a reality.
