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UNIT2-B-passage Language Points New Words The Political Career of a Female Politician Modest and soft-spoken, Agatha Muthoni Mbogo, 24, is hardly the image of a revolutionary . Yet, six months ago, she did a most revolutionary thing: She ran for mayor of Embu, Kenya, and won. Ms. Mbogos victory was even more surprising because she was voted in by her colleagues on the District Council, all men. For the thousands of women in this farming area two hours northeast of Nairobi, Ms. Mbogo suddenly became a symbol of the increasingly powerful political force women have become in Kenya an