Most Kenyan candidates find their way into politics by navigating the corridors of power in one of the country's big established parties.
Health activist Umra Omar is hoping to plot out her route to office via a different route - through the mangrove swaps and inlets of her country's Lamu archipelago.
The tall 39-year-old faces significant challenges, not least Lamu's established incumbent governor, Yasin Twaha, who is from President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party. The maternal mortality rate there is 676 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with 495 nationally, according to the African Institute of Development Policy.Not good enough, said Omar.
Omar has pledged to launch a health audit in her first month if elected, saying three out of six people who seek treatment are referred out of the county because facilities are so inadequate.Her other priorities include training youths so they can work at a new port being built in the county, cleaning up the litter that blows around 700-year-old Lamu Town - a World Heritage Site full of old Swahili buildings - and building a diverse administration.
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