A number of radio and TV stations announced that Uhuru would be addressing the Mount Kenya region in a special joint interview starting at 6 p.m on Sunday evening.
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Meet the tailor behind Esther Passaris’ elegant outfit at Azimio Rally
The lawmaker lauded Dominic Owino, a Nairobi-based tailor, for always cementing her sense of style while attending political and personal events.
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Martha Karua reveals why she dislikes the nickname ‘Iron lady’
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s running mate Martha Karua has said she does not like the now popular nickname ‘Iron Lady,’ which she was christened due to her political intrigues.
Karua says the moniker, which many attribute to her no-nonsense attitude during her three-decade tenure in government, is a misrepresentation of her gender.
Speaking during an interview with CNN’s Larry Madowo, the Narc Kenya party boss opined that the nickname is misogynistic to the feminine gender in a perceived male-dominated society.
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“I think that nickname in a way speaks to the misogyny within society. Strength is not perceived as female, strength is perceived as male,”
she said.
Odinga picked Karua as his running mate in his quest for the presidency in next week’s elections, a move that was seen as having been meant to woo the female votes and bridge the gender gap as well as capture the Mt. Kenya voting bloc.
Political pundits also opine that Karua could easily ascend to the presidency after the end of Odinga’s tenure.
Asked whether the country is ready for a female Head of State, Karua said:
“That question suggests that women ought not to be on the ballot because I have never heard anyone question whether Kenyans are ready for yet another male, so that question in itself is discriminatory Kenya is ready for women at all levels.”
Despite the government advocating for a two-third gender rule in recent years, many of the political seats in the country are still held by men.
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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is also pushing for adherence to the law and has directed all political parties to implement the directive in the August polls.
If political outfits meet the required threshold, them out of 290 Member of Parliament positions, not more than 193 candidates can be of the same gender while for the Senate, not more than 31 out of the 47 should be of the same gender.
In the 2017 election, women held only 23 per cent of seats in Parliament, the least in East Africa.
VIDEO: Susan Kihika entangled in sibling rivalry: Woe voters against her gubernatorial bid
A video of Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika’s step-sisters disowning her on camera went viral on Friday, August 5.
In the clip, the duo, Peris Njoki and Carolyne Wanjiku, urged the county’s residents not to elect their kin arguing that she is not dependable.
Peris, who has served time in jail, further pointed her woes to Kihika claiming that she was first arrested by police due to her influence.
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“My name is Peris Njoki Kihika, the current Senator is my step-sister. I am here to ask you not to vote for her for she has frustrated me since 2013.
“She uprooted my maize and took me to jail in 2015 June where I spent 16 days. The case was, however, thrown out,”
stated Njoki.
Wanjiku, on the other hand, argued that the Senator, who is seeking to unseat Governor Lee Kinyanjui in the upcoming election, frustrated the family and is dragging the Ksh600 million wealth distribution among members.
She claimed that every time the extended family makes a decision, the Senator uses her influence to derail the efforts.
“Susan has frustrated us as a family which is why, to date, we have never divided the wealth. She always interferes. We cannot trust her in leadership because she will frustrate you citizens. We as a family support Governor Lee Kinyanjui,”
she explained.
Kenyans.co.ke attempts to reach Kihika for comment were met with silence since her mobile phone was not going through.
The family has been embroiled in the property tussle for more than a decade following the death of the family patriarch and the former Nakuru North Member of Parliament, Dickson Kihika Kimani.
In 2019, the case was forwarded to court pitting the politician’s 41 children, most of whom want a share of their father’s wealth.
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Njoki was sentenced to jail after claims emerged that she had assaulted her sister Carolyne Wanjiku in 2015.
The High Court in Nakuru quashed her conviction on the basis that the trial magistrate had erred in convicting Njoki without watertight evidence.
The Judge explained that the prosecution’s evidence pointed to a fight rather than an assault, which she had been convicted of.
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