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From Nyamira to Minnesota: A Kenyan rises to State leadership

Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley, the first Kenyan immigrant to win an elective seat in the United States of America during homecoming celebrations in Nyamira county. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard]

Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela might be smiling down from the heavens, proud to see people of colour thriving in spaces that were once inaccessible during their lifetimes.

It becomes even more compelling when the subject is a young Kenyan woman living her dream and succeeding in one of the most powerful countries in the world.

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