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Several people have declared their candidature to be president of Kenya but we have not heard or seen any woman publicly declaring her interest in becoming the president of Kenya despite the prevailing wind. In Britain, Theresa May has taken over as the prime minister of Britain, in German, Angela Merkel is the chancellor while in America they want to make history by voting in Hillary Clinton as the first American woman president.
Hillary Clinton has gone through a lot and seen it all and she is standing. In Kenya, the women who have declared their candidature for governorship, you cannot bet on them as they are 1%, while those standing for senator are unknown despite many senators vying for governorship. What about those vying to become MP’s? That is when we see some women, but very few.
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