Alice Wahome's political mixed bag and ghosts from legal practice

Wahome had over time drawn strength from her membership of the women's movement, serving as the vice chairperson of Fida Kenya and a council member of the Law Society of Kenya, but all the time, her sights were set on national leadership.

After battling against sexualised propaganda - in which her rivals distributed condoms with her name - to win election as the first woman MP for Kandara in 2013, Wahome openly courted controversy -- once creating a scene on the Kenol-Murang'a road demanding the removal of a police roadblock during a crackdown on un-roadworthy vehicles in 2016.