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Grace Monica Akech Onyango (26 June 1924 – 8 March 2023), popularly known as Nya'Bungu (Daughter of the Bush) was a Kenyan politician. She held several firsts in post-independence Kenyan politics, as the first female to climb up the ranks of the political system, defying cultural barriers. She was the first Kenyan female mayor, after she replaced Mathias Ondiek as the Kisumu Mayor in 1965. She was also the first female Member of Parliament in post-independence Kenya after she was elected to represent Kisumu Town Constituency in 1969. In Parliament, Grace Onyango was the first woman to sit on the speaker's chair as temporary deputy speaker, and served as Deputy Speaker from 1979 to 1984. Her political career ended after she lost her parliamentary seat in 1984.
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26 June 1924 Gobei, Nyanza Province, Kenya Colony
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8 March 2023 (aged 98)
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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