“We Elect Brains, Not Gender!”, Wangui Ngirici Takes On Anti-Women Critics

Former kirinyaga woman representative Wangui Ngirici has fiercely defended women leadership in Kirinyaga, dismissing claims that the county should never elect another woman governor and warning residents against leaders being imposed on them by political elites. Speaking during her Ziara Mashinani tours on Saturday, May,16,2026, in Murinduko,Thiba and Nyangati wards in Mwea constituency, Ngirici said leadership should never be determined by gender but by the ability, vision and development agenda of an individual leader.