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Let's interrogate the presidential vote result, and the process

Presidential ballot paper. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Who needs term limits? Kenyans just evicted 211 of our 384 elected legislators from office; 146 out of 290 MPs, 34 of 47 Women Reps and 31 of 47 Senators. Meanwhile, the true place and space for women in our elected leadership is growing impressively; think seven of 47 governors for the next five years; almost 30 in our single-member constituencies, and three in our Senate.

Although the list of governors gazetted to be sworn in next week is at 26 out of 47, there is real optimism as we embark on devolution's third stanza. Indeed, we can safely assume the voting tsunami that decimated parliament was multiplied several times over in our county assemblies. All of this is an unheralded part of Kenya's election that hasn't yet made headlines.

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