Gladys Shollei retains Uasin Gishu woman rep post

Uasin Gishu woman representative Gladys Shollei has retained her seat.

She won the race by a huge margin garnering 292,154 votes against her rival Dorcas Jebet of ODM party who got 54,742 votes.

Shollei ran for the seat on a United Democratic Alliance party ticket.

She was first elected in the position in 2017 on a Jubilee party ticket.

A lawyer by profession, Shollei has been on the forefront urging Kenyans to elect more women in leadership positions.

The woman rights defender has also been actively agitating for total eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in communities that still practice it.

Shollei was also once the chief registrar of the Judiciary.