“When I had my first child‚ I wasn’t married. My mother asked me when I was getting married after I got my degree and my father defended me.” She recounted how he used to say “her husband is a degree”.
“When you see us in the streets‚ we are a reflection of who we are and where we come from. I need to appreciate that I am who I am because of my father. He is late now but I owe him everything‚ because if it wasn’t for my father’s vision‚ there wouldn’t have been a strong family‚” she told TimesLIVE.
She said she learnt hard work from her late father and acquired some of her greatest lessons from him. “I learnt from my father that the 'poison' [negativity] you are giving to other children as a school principal is a 'poison' he was giving to his children — meaning he would never give any learner 'poison'. I think that if all leaders were to approach life in that way‚ we are going to go far‚” she said.
“When you are leading people and especially when you are a politician‚ you have to be there for your people. The core people that I have are my patients and even those who are not yet patients. My job is to make sure that people are healthy‚ therefore‚ I must focus on those healthy ones to keep them healthy. To achieve that‚ I need healthcare workers and this is my second category of people.
“When I go to a place‚ I am not a person who goes and sits and give instructions. I go and give instructions while implementing them myself and show them how it’s done. Be a leader and don’t be a boss. A boss will tell you what to do‚ instruct you what to do but a leader will show you how things are done and work with you to do things.
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