PREMIUM Tabitha Mutinda: Women should not apologise for having ambition The nominated senator speaks on how she has survived Parliament’s toxic politics and her future plans. Saturday Magazine Just now Listen

Being brought up as the last-born girl in a family of nine by a single mother in the hardy Athi River area enabled her to master the art of fighting hard for her space in the spirit of Darwinian theory of survival of the fittest.

In the Senate, she holds the position of vice chairperson of the Finance and Budget Committee and easily stands out because of her exquisite fashion, signature crane hairdo and rarely misses taking a bite during explosive sessions on the floor alongside female colleagues who rise to the occasion, debating head-to-head with their male counterparts who always stir.

Senator Tabitha Mutinda speaks to Duncan