Nairobi, October 14- Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has declared her intention to seek the Deputy President position in the 2027 General Election, while announcing plans to contest the presidency in 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking during a G7 women\u2019s leadership forum, Waiguru said she was ready to compete for the country\u2019s top leadership positions, urging women to take an active role in political negotiations rather than wait to be considered by male leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two-term governor maintained that her experience in public service and elective leadership had prepared her to lead the country. She also challenged the unequal treatment of men and women pursuing senior political positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waiguru called on women leaders to unite and support one another in securing greater representation in government, particularly in discussions surrounding the Deputy President position ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning before being elected Kirinyaga governor in 2017. She also became the first woman to chair the Council of Governors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her declaration comes as political leaders position themselves ahead of the 2027 General Election, with the race to become President William Ruto\u2019s running mate expected to attract growing interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waiguru said her presidential ambition extended beyond personal success, describing it as part of a wider effort to create opportunities for future generations of women leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, October 14- Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has declared her intention to seek the Deputy President position in the 2027 General Election, while announcing plans to contest the presidency in 2032. Speaking during a G7 women\u2019s leadership forum, Waiguru said she was ready to compete for the country\u2019s top leadership positions, urging women to take an active role in political negotiations rather than wait to be considered by male leaders. The two-term governor maintained that her experience in public service and elective leadership had prepared her to lead the country. She also challenged the unequal treatment of men and women pursuing senior political positions. Waiguru called on women leaders to unite and support one another in securing greater representation in government, particularly in discussions surrounding the Deputy President position ahead of the 2027 elections. She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning before being elected Kirinyaga governor in 2017. She also became the first woman to chair the Council of Governors. Her declaration comes as political leaders position themselves ahead of the 2027 General Election, with the race to become President William Ruto\u2019s running mate expected to attract growing interest. Waiguru said her presidential ambition extended beyond personal …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4381,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379\/revisions\/4381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}