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Talk claiming it would be taboo to elect a disabled woman according to Maasai culture did not deter voters from electing Janet Teyiaa as their woman representative.
Ms Teyiaa, 34, who was nominated by Jubilee Party to the 11th Parliament in 2013 to represent the disabled in the county, garnered more than 186,085 votes to beat Orange Democratic Movement’s Esther Somoire, who managed 104,486 votes. Teyiaa beat six other women.
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