Breakthrough as Kenya poised to elect first female governors

Updated April 29 2017 - 4:10pm, first published 4:08pm
Joyce Laboso Kenya's?deputy parliamentary speaker Photo: Twitter/@DrJoyceLaboso
Joyce Laboso Kenya's?deputy parliamentary speaker Photo: Twitter/@DrJoyceLaboso

Nairobi: Women are likely to be elected for the first time to some of Kenya's powerful governor positions after making historic gains in party primaries this week, experts said, heralding a political breakthrough for the patriarchal society.

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