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Women do not need props to leadership, boy's club beware

Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani is among seven women elected as governors in the just concluded 2022 General Election. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

This is my tribute and hearty congratulations to all women elected to various leadership positions in the just concluded elections.

From MCAs to governors, you have shown that women do not need to be propped up to attain the highest levels of leadership. With a record seven governors, three senators and 26 MPs, duly elected, the girl-child is most certainly inching her way to the very centre of the jealously guarded council of elders.

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