Posted on: July 21, 2014 2:45 PM

[Daily Nation by Justus Wanga] The decision July 14 by the General Synod of the Church of England to allow ordination of female bishops has reignited fresh hopes among local women priests of rising to top leadership in the Anglican Church of Kenya.

They see this as being achievable in their life time and not in the distant future. Things are most promising in the Embu Diocese that is expected to elect a new bishop at the end of the year. Canon Rosemary Mbogo, who will be contesting, could become the first female Anglican bishop in the country.

Senior women priests who spoke to the Sunday Nation said they stand to benefit from the ripple effects of the landmark move despite the fact that the decision by the Engish synod is not binding on all the 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion in the world.