Likoni MP-elect Mishi Mboko at a past event. [Photo: Hassan Joho/ facebook.com]
Likoni MP-elect and outgoing Mombasa Women Representative Mishi Mboko, is among the female politicians who have defied all the odds to rise to political greatness.
Her name is now a household name in a male-dominated political space, and if her phenomenal rise over the past few years is anything to go by, then the firebrand politician has a bright political future.An orator in her own rights, Mboko’s first political seat was the women rep position which she overwhelmingly won in 2013. And since then, she has never looked back.In Parliament, she has lived to her billing as she has continuously stood out as one the most active members.While outside the chambers, the ODM politician known for her fluency in Kiswahili has impressed.When she decided to challenge the outgoing Likoni MP Masoud Mwahima for the position, few gave her a chance considering Mwahima’s political experience.She would later floor Hamisi Domoko during the ODM nomination to bag the ODM party ticket to set a stage for a fierce battle with Mwahima who was defending his seat on a Jubilee Party ticket.The August 8 poll gave her opportunity to prove to the country that she is a real political force to reckon with when she brought to an end Mwahima’s 10-year grip on Likoni politics.In winning the seat, Mboko made history by becoming the first female MP to be elected in Mombasa.