(Photo: Kamau Maichuhie, Standard)The end of the Jubilee primaries has resulted in a likely decline of the number of elected women MPs in the Mt Kenya region. Because the Jubilee ticket is seen as an almost guaranteed ticket to victory, five women may have an easier path to Parliament in the August 8 polls. This is besides the likely first woman governor in the country after former Devolution cabinet secretary Anne Waiguru won the Kirinyaga JP ticket. But the spotlight is on Murang’a County, which is set to have the largest number of women MPs in the region in history. It will surpass the record previously held by Nyeri, which had three women MPs out out seven in the current Parliament.

Source: Standard Digital May 01, 2017 09:11 UTC