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Is this the new image of Kisii Politics?

Dolfine Bwari, Jacob Bagaka, Peter Otachi and Thomas Obare. [PHOTO: COURTESY]

For nearly three decades, the average age for elected leaders in Kisii has been 50 years. Elections for the civic leaders under the defunct Municipal and Town Councils were majorly a preserve for the elderly.

However, the script seems to have changed with the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution, ushering in a new dawn of governance and leadership in the country and which brought about County Assemblies.

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