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Advancing Women's Representation: Insights from Kenyan MP Catherine Muyeka Mumma on Gender Equality

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February 9, 2026

Advancing Women's Representation: Insights from Kenyan MP Catherine Muyeka Mumma on Gender Equality

MP Catherine Muyeka Mumma
MP Catherine Muyeka Mumma
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MP Catherine Muyeka Mumma

April 9, 2015
UN Women: Peace and security specialist

 

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Key Gains and Challenges: A Gender Audit of Kenya's 2013 Election Process

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January 13, 2014

Key Gains and Challenges: A Gender Audit of Kenya's 2013 Election Process

“Every country deserves to have the best possible leader and that means that women have to be given a chance to compete. If they’re never allowed to compete in the electoral process, then the countries are really robbing  themselves of a great deal of talent.” -Madeleine K.

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“Every country deserves to have the best possible leader and that means that women have to be given a chance to compete. If they’re never allowed to compete in the electoral process, then the countries are really robbing  themselves of a great deal of talent.” -Madeleine K.

December 14, 2013
The changing face of women leadership over the decades in Kenya

Sometime in 1974, a woman in her mid thirties made history as Kenya’s first female assistant minister. She had just quit her position as an associate professor at the University of Nairobi to plunge into politics and clinched the Funyula Constituency seat.

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December 5, 2013
They Said Men Would Be Suckling My Breasts for Five Years - Kenyan MP Speaks About 2013 Elections

Kenyan member of parliament Alice Wahome spoke about the violent abuse, harassment and humiliation she has experienced as a female politician at the launch of a report about women's participation in the March 2013 elections.

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December 5, 2013
Women were beaten in the queues - Kenyan politician speaks about 2013 elections

In March 2013, Sophia Abdi Noor was the only woman to stand for parliament in northern Kenya, a marginalised region where Islam has a lot of sway.

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December 4, 2013
New laws ignored, so women trailed in Kenya 2013 election

New laws designed to increase the number of elected women in Kenyan politics had no effect on the 2013 elections because those concerned failed to implement them, the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) said.

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