Complex sentence: In a bid to play a part in positively fashioning the politics of Kenya, Ms. Passaris got involved in elective politics, contesting for Member of Parliament in 2008 but finished a close second.
Split into simpler sentences: In a bid to play a part in positively fashioning the politics of Kenya, Ms. Passaris got involved in elective politics. She contested for Member of Parliament in 2008 but finished a close second.