President William Ruto has pledged to ensure his party will have a female deputy president in the near future. The President said the same rule will be cascaded to counties where men governorship candidates will be required to have women running mates and vice versa. It seeks to empower and support women leaders in demonstrating efficient, transformational and strategic governance within the devolved structures. Last week, Ruto urged Kenyans to vote for women leaders when given a chance. The current number of seven women governors is a small but significant improvement on the results of the 2017 elections when three women were elected as governors.
