As the crusaders of gender parity celebrate the increase in a number of elected women governors, Meru’s Kawira Mwangaza being one of them, the place of Meru’s first gentleman in affairs of the county is brewing a simmering controversy. Efforts by governor Mwangaza to bring her husband to the fore have not just met headwinds but are now threatening the smooth running of the county activities. But as this controversy brews, the place of the office of the first lady or gentleman at the county level in the country’s legal framework is now under sharp focus.
