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Grace Onyango proved that women capable of national leadership

First woman MP Grace Onyango during an interview with The Standard at her residence in Kisumu on July 2, 2018. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

It is hard to sum up Grace Onyango's life. She was the first female mayor of Kisumu in 1967 and, later, the first female MP in 1969. She also served as the first woman secretary of the Luo Union and the first woman councillor of Kaloleni ward in Kisumu.

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