Nairobi, March 8 -- Kenya is set to make a major step in gender representation after the 2027 General Election, if proposals by female governors are anything to go by.

For long, the country has been struggling to increase the number of elected female leaders to conform to guidelines set by the Constitution.

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The private sector has done well in achieving the not-more-than two-thirds gender rule by appointing women into leadership. The political landscape has, however, yet to achieve this.

An initiative by Kenya's seven female governors could, however, transform politics and give women an equal opportunity to contest and win political seats.

President William Ruto suppo...