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Male champions in fight for gender equality

Maina Kageni photo:courtesy

Maina Kageni's announcement he will run for the Woman Representative seat for Nairobi County has stirred up positive and negative sentiments in equal measure. In what appears to be a press conference (or is it a mock press conference), Maina Kageni asserts that he is running for the Nairobi Woman Representative seat.

For those who may not be familiar with Kenya's system of governance, the Woman Representative seat is an affirmative action seat; one for each of the 47 counties.

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