{
  "id": 18487939,
  "title": "Muge, Omanyo lead women reps’ performance rankings as survey warns of poll losses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/muge-omanyo-lead-women-reps-performance-rankings-as-survey-warns-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T10:56:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital FM Kenya",
    "slug": "capital-fm-kenya",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/muge-omanyo-lead-women-reps-performance-rankings-as-survey-warns-of-poll-losses/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nairobi, Kenya - A recent survey reveals that Nandi Woman Representative Cynthia Muge, Busia’s Catherine Omanyo, and Meru’s Elizabeth Kailemia are among Kenya’s top-performing women representatives in the affirmative action seats over the past four years. Muge leads overall with a score of 59.9%, followed by Omanyo at 59.1% and Kirinyaga Woman Representative Njeri Maina at 55%. Kailemia, representing Meru County, ranks fifth with 55.3%, while Kisii Woman Representative Dorice Donya comes in fourth at 55.5%. However, the survey warns of potential challenges for re-elections, with 61% of respondents predicting women representatives seeking re-election are unlikely to be successful. Only 40% of respondents reported seeing their woman representative since the 2022 General Election, and 64% do not understand the office's role. Ground performance, assessed through the National Government Affirmative Action Fund and humanitarian activities, and parliamentary performance, considering bills sponsored, motions, petitions, statements, and committee participation, were equally weighted in the assessment.",
  "summary": "The survey found that only 26 of the 47 women representatives had been captured as having drafted bills, motions, petitions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}