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Male chauvinism has no place in Parliament

Recently, a male colleague threatened to inflict violence on me and Homa Bay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga whilst the House was in session.

In a recent forum on women’s agenda, NARC-Kenya party leader Martha Karua commented that her middle name was not “deputy”, a subtle but canny remark on the widely popular discourse that a male presidential candidate should be deputised by a woman.

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