Esther Shisoka has an unmistakable magnetism that makes you pause mid-sentence when you first meet her. It lies in her warmth and charm, and in the quiet confidence that seems to radiate effortlessly from deep within her. Perhaps it is a glow honed over decades of doing humanitarian work around the world, touching lives and gathering wisdom.
When we meet on a crisp morning at a gym on Kiambu Road, she has already been working out for half an hour. It’s 7.30 am. She is wearing a red bandana and is drenched in sweat, smiling as if the session were a leisurely stroll rather than the gruelling routine her coach, Sophie, has put her on.
