Kenyan women candidates face curses and violence

Since entering politics, Kenyan lawmaker Sarah Korere has been insulted, shot at, slapped by a colleague and cursed by tribal elders — but she’s still trying to take a man’s parliamentary seat in one of Kenya’s most violent regions.

Ms Korere’s experiences are symptomatic of a wider hate campaign against female candidates in Kenyan politics, women representatives say, which helps give the East African country the lowest representation of women in politics in the region.