Why the ‘Kalenjin Sisters’ make it to Parliament

From LtoR: Jebii Kilimo, Prof Sambili, Dr J.Laboso and Sally Kosgey

Grace Onyango, the first elected woman MP in independent Kenya, took the first step. But the long walk to political emancipation for women remains curtailed by cultural, economic and social hurdles.

While many gender activists hailed the 10th Parliament for electing 15 women to the august House, a record since independence (which is seven per cent of the 207 seats that were up for grabs), the number was still a grain of sand on a beach.