Some Nude photos of a presidential candidate in Rwanda, Diane Shima Rwigara, has surfaced online in a new scandal that may change the course of her political career.
The pictures surfaced on Friday morning .The move to humiliate the candidate, who has recently boldly come out to attack President Paul Kagame on what she described as bad governance, is likely to attract criticism from women rights activists in Rwanda and globally.
The 35-year-old Rwandan iron lady is the daughter of the late Assinapol Rwigara who died in a motor accident in 2015. Her nude photos went online barely a week after he announced her intentions to join the presidential race in Rwanda. In the conservative Rwandan society, Ms Rwigara is likely to get shunned by moralists, while the youth might warm up to her candidature but for only excitement. However, analysts ask, “who will take seriously a woman who finds idle time to take nude photos?”
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