Dr. Naomi Shaban dishes out political advice to women aspirants

For many women political aspirants seeking election advice, there is no one better than veteran politician Dr. Naomi Namsi Shaban to get counsel from. She has seen it all, from being rigged out, financial challenges, dirty tricks, personal insults, sabotage, to crafting winning strategies, fund raising, getting out your voters, clever political tactics, winning over your rivals, family and political life balance - in short she knows what works and what does not work!

The three-term Taita Taveta MP and Deputy Majority Leader, who sat down for an interview in mid-June, explained that she decided to run mainly because the women in her constituency repeatedly paid her visits in Nairobi, requesting her to stand. She also had been approached by professionals from her constituency in 1997, asking her to consider running.