Gusii Nation must change mindset, elect women to political seats

EBC officials verify voting materials. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The other day, while working on a story about the just concluded elections, I learnt something that shocked me. All these years, I thought that we are in the 21st century and societal myths had changed. I thought we had embraced not just modernity, but abandoned stronger and weaker sex myths which led to women being sidelined when it came to leadership roles.

Several years ago, it was believed that women lacked leadership qualities, and it was the man-bites-dog type of news when a woman beat men to a political seat.