Kingwa kamencu biography sample

Kingwa Kamencu, a writer notable for her declaration to run for the presidency in the 2013 Kenyan Presidential election. In September 2011 she created a buzz on the Kenyan political scene, becoming the youngest woman to declare her candidacy for Kenya's presidency at the age of 27.

She was, however, not among those who eventually submitted her papers to contest.^[1]

Education

She studied history and literature at the University of Nairobi, graduating with a first class honours.

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In 2009 she received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Wolfson College, Oxford.^[2] She holds graduate degrees in African studies and creative writing from the University of Oxford where she was the President of the African Society.

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Part of the dynamic Pan-African energy exploding on the continent, her candidature explored ways in which Kenya's political system could serve the country's citizens more ably. Instituting non-ethnicized politics, self-sufficienc