The Standard Group Plc is a
multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper
print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
Few Kenyans know that Priscilla Abwao was the first woman to serve in the Legislative Council in 1961.
Since Kenya does not honor its historical figures, heroes, and heroines, the name of this mercurial lady is unknown even to millennial scholars of history or political science.
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