- A record 22 women have been elected to parliament, six more than during the 2013 elections
- These honourable women are bold, beautiful and brainy. Some were Senators and Woman Reps while one dumped her husband for politics
The 12th Parliament opened with a record 22 women who won constituency seats in the hotly contested August 8 General Election. That was an increase of six female waheshimiwas since the 2013 elections.
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