Hellen Auma Wandera is the youngest Member of Parliament (MP) in the 11 Parliament. The 23 year-old legislator yesterday took oath as the Woman MP representing Busia District.
Wandera was born on December 12, 1997 and at just 23-years-old, she is now the Busia Woman MP who also subscribes to the NRM party.
Before joining politics, Hellen was a fish vender in Banda market, a job she did while at Kyambogo University to be able to cater for her accommodation and other school requirements. She enrolled at Kyambogo University in 2016, where she graduated with a Bachelors’ Degree in Arts and Social Science in 2019.
Same year she abandoned her fish vending job and went back to Busia where she immediately began her campaigns.
Speaking during an interview with Daily Monitor, youthful Wandera attributed her decision to join politics to a divine dream she has been experiencing during her education career.
Since she comes from a humble background, Wandera decided to make the dream happen to be able to make life better for the less privileged.
Though it was not an easy journey, the 23-year-old believed in herself and started door to door campaigns with the help of boda-boda riders and she was able to trounce the primaries to earn the support of the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
“After I was declared winner, Sharon Nabwire (her closest competitor) said it was a mistake and demanded a recount which I still won,” Auma said.
Auma says she’s single at the moment and only focused on helping people in her constituency.
