This archive report was first published on 6 October 2019.
Published on October 6, 2019, Nana Gecaga, the CEO of Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), has spoken out about her rise to the top of the corporate ladder.
Ms. Gecaga, a mother of three, attributes her success to hard work and merit, rather than her family connections.
"If that were true then we would be dormant. The president doesn't come here and give me ideas," Nana said during an interview with KTN.
She emphasized that being a member of the first family made her work even harder to prove herself.
"He (President Kenyatta) does not come and make sure that everything is working fine. So, that is a perception and it is about breaking that perception," Nana explained.
Ms. Gecaga also spoke about her personal struggles with alcohol addiction during her teenage years and early twenties, consuming a crate of beer every day and a bottle of hard liquor on top of it.
However, she decided to quit taking alcohol at the age of 21 after living in the United Kingdom for about 10 years, a move that cost her many friends.
