Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika has formally declared that she will be contesting for the county governorship in the 2022 General Elections.
Senator Kihika disclosed her intentions to unseat Governor Lee Kinyanjui in an interview with a local television station.
"I am definitely going for it. In the whole Country, we had 3 female governors, but, after the demise of Dr Joyce Laboso, we now have two. In 2022, I want to join the league of Women governors in Kenya. My people have been telling me to do so and I am listening to them. There is a very big chance that, yes, I will throw my hat in the ring. We need more women governors and I think I am able to compete favourably with the men of Nakuru County." Senator Kihika said.
Ms Kihika has been making inroads in the male dominated political arena in the country, rising from a county assembly speaker to become a senator.
She is a daughter of the late Veteran politician Dickson Kihika Kimani and also a fierce critic of Governor Lee Kinyajui's leadership. She is described as a " refined reincarnation of her father" by political pundits.
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