Voters show more faith in women by electing them to top positions

Jubilee Party candidate Ruweida Mohamed. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

In a race with four candidates, Mohamed received 5,498 votes. In Githunguri constituency, outgoing Kiambu woman representative Gathoni wa Muchomba (UDA) garnered 34,646 votes against Jubilee's Gabriel Kago who was second with 31,127 votes. Wamuchomba also becomes the first woman MP for Githunguri.

"I've broken the curse, and Githunguri will be led by a woman for the first time. Due to the difficulties I encountered during the campaigns, this was no small feat," Wamuchomba said after being declared the winner.

A total of 71,357 votes were cast by the 104,592 registered voters.

Following her victory in the Aldai constituency, Maryanne Keitany (UDA) joined the list of women elected to Parliament. Phyllis Bartoo (UDA) is the new Moiben constituency MP-elect.

Rosa Buyu (ODM) of Kisumu West became the latest entrant to join the party in Nyanza, increasing women's representation in elective seats in the region after defeating veteran politician Olago Aluoch. Millie Odhiambo (Suba North), Eve Obara (Kabondo Kasipul), and Lilian Gogo (Rangwe) fought off a slew of male challengers to reclaim their seats in Homa Bay County.

Rosa Buyu. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Buyu was declared the elected MP with 39,615 votes, followed by Olago with 19,045 votes. There were five other competitors in the race. "This is a bit emotional for me because I have put my foot forward for the last 15 years to try to get an opportunity to serve in the constituency," she said.

Eve Obara, an educationist, easily defended her seat in Kabondo Kasipul, garnering 31,104 votes against her closest competitor, Godfrey Juma, who received 7,803 votes.

Gogo, who also made a successful political debut in 2017, faced stiff competition from former MP George Oner to keep her seat.

[Anthony Gitonga, Yvonne Chepkwony, James Munyeki, Nikko Tanui, Harold Odhiambo, Wainaina Ndung'u, and Boniface Gikandi]