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Siasa za kiuno shouldn't be the way to rise in political leadership

If the 2022 presidential election will be about nothing as a political commentator retorted recently, then at least let it be about women and their voices counting for once.

For the first time in Kenya’s history, two women are being touted to deputise leading presidential candidates Raila Odinga and William Ruto. More remarkable is that this comes months after Justice Martha Koome assumed control of the judiciary, with a woman deputy and chief registrar to boot.

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