Jael Mbogo

Jael Mbogo (born in 1939 in the Rift Valley Province) is a Kenyan social worker, women rights campaigner and politician. Her parents hail from Ugenya, Sidindi; but she is married in Gem, Siaya. She founded the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy, one of the early political parties in Kenya in East Africa. She was the first female shorthand typist employed to work at the City Council of Nairobi in the capital of Kenya.[1][2]

Career

Jael Mbogo was born in 1939 in Kenya and trained as a shorthand typist. She studied for an economics degree in the United States of America and worked with women political groups in Tanzania, returning to Kenya in 1965 with her family.[1] She became a political figure by the turn of the 1960s. She contested against Mwai Kibaki (who will later become the third president of Kenya for eleven years from 2002 to 2013) in 1969 for the parliamentary seat of Bahati, now an estate in the Kamukunji Constituency in Nairobi. At that time Mwai Kibaki was a sitting cabinet minister in the government of Jomo Kenyatta. Jael Mbogo lost to Mwai Kibaki by 500 votes.[1][2]

References
  1. "Mbogo, Jael (1939–) - Dictionary definition of Mbogo, Jael (1939–) | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. Editor. "'Mama Jael' politically kicked out Mwai Kibaki out of Nairobi to Othaya for good". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2017-11-16. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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