It Is Wonderful When You Don't Have

I’m Very Conscious Of The Fact That You Can’t Do It Alone. It’s Teamwork. When You Do It Alone You Run The Risk That When You Are No Longer There Nobody Else Will Do It.

The Little Grassroots People Can Change This World.

The Living Conditions Of The Poor Must Be Improved If We Really Want To Save Our Environment

When These Resources Are Degraded Or Polluted, Then There Are Fewer Of Them For The Rest Of Us, And Then We Start Competing For Them And Eventually As We Compete, There Are Those Of Us, Who Have The Capacity, Who Have The Ability To Be The Controllers, To Decide Who Accesses Them, How Much They Access, And Eventually There Is A Conflict. Those Who Feel Marginalized, Those Who Feel Excluded, Eventually React In An Effort To Get Their Own Justice, And We Have Conflict.

I Stand Before You And The World Humbled By This Recognition And Uplifted By The Honour Of Being The 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As The First African Woman To Receive This Prize, I Accept It On Behalf Of The People Of Kenya And Africa, And Indeed The World. I Am Especially Mindful Of Women And The Girl Child. I Hope It Will Encourage Them To Raise Their Voices And Take More Space For Leadership.