Makueni
County is a by-election away to becoming the first county to elect the first
woman senator in Kenya. This has been made possible by the youthful advocate Kethi
Kilonzo offering her candidature for the position in a by-election following
the demise of the immediate former Senator Mutula Kilonzo who is also Kethi’s
biological father. Kethi’s candidature has already received an overwhelming
support from the CORD alliance bigwigs led by former Prime Minister Raila
Odinga and the Makueni community at large pushing high her prospects of clinching
the position.
The young advocate,
who came into public limelight at the height of the 2013 presidential poll
petition representing Africog, is a novice in politics however the professors
of politics surrounding her and who have been in the business for donkey years
will most likely tutor her to her best form. She is definitely a fast learner
going by how she conducted herself in her maiden public political address. She
managed to speak to the wananchi of
Makueni in the simplest expressions possible considering the audience she is
used to, a bunch of learned friends addressing each other in legal jargon inside
courtrooms.
All said and
done, the verdict of the Makueni electorate will determine whether or not this
history will be written.
