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Aisha Jumwa: Just who is this school dropout giving the ‘system’ sleepless nights?

Former Kilifi Woman Representative Aisha Jumwa. (Courtesy)

She is currently the most talked-about woman politician in the Coast – and probably across Kenya - and there is no doubt that Honourable Aisha Jumwa has become a household name for Kenyan politics.

For the best part of this weekend (August 29 and 30), the Malindi MP, who has declared her support for Deputy President William Ruto's 2022 presidential bid, has been a haunted and wanted woman. Since Thursday, August 27, when the Director of Public Prosecution DPP ordered her arrest over graft claims, her whereabouts are un-know. But away from the drama and all the sideshows, just who is this Aisha Jumwa.

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