Hellen Auma Wandera Explained

Hellen Auma Wandera
Birth Place:Busia District
Nationality:Ugandan
Citizenship:Ugandan
Education:Busia Parents Primary School
Great Obrem Memorial in Tororo District
St. Peters Naalya (Spena International)
Kyambogo University
Occupation:Politician
Employer:Parliament of Uganda
Known For:Politics
Member of Parliament
Predecessor:Jane Nabulindo Kwoba
Party:National Resistance Movement (NRM)
Parents:Dickson Wandera and Betty Afuro

Hellen Auma Wandera is a Ugandan politician who is the Busia District Women Representative elect in Uganda's elect 11th Parliament.[1] She serves on the Committee on Presidential Affairs in the eleventh parliament of Uganda.[2]

Background and education

Hellen Auma Wandera was born in Busia District to Dickson Wandera and Betty Afuro. She went to Busia Parents Primary School for PLE, then to Great Obrem Memorial in Tororo District for her UCE and St. Peters Naalya (Spena International) for her high school (UACE) before joining Kyambogo University for her Bachelor of Arts And Social Science.[3] [4] [5]

Political career

She is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement (NRM). She defeated Nina Nekesa, Fiona Nakku, Nabwire Sharon Veron Namumayi, Esther Busingye Wafula, Grace Nyakecho, Teddy Auma and Lilian Taaka in the 2020 NRM Parliamentary Primaries.[6] She replaced Jane Nabulindo Kwoba as the Woman Member of Parliament for Busia District in Uganda's 2021 general election.[7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-05-17 . Fish vendor turns youngest MP . 2023-02-08 . Monitor . en.
  2. Web site: Committee on Presidential Affairs – Parliament Watch . 2023-02-08 . en-US.
  3. Web site: Auma Wandera: Know your Member of Parliament. 2022-02-16. New Vision. en.
  4. News: admin . NP . 2021-05-18 . Fish vendor becomes Uganda's youngest serving MP . en-US . Nile Post . 2023-02-08.
  5. Web site: Mujuni . David . 2021-05-18 . Kyambogo Graduate Who Used to Vend Fish Swears In as Busia Woman MP . 2023-02-08 . Campus Bee . en-US.
  6. Web site: Independent. The. 2020-09-07. Another candidate declared winner of NRM polls in Busia after vote recount. 2021-04-08. The Independent Uganda. en-US.
  7. Web site: Hellen Auma Wandera Archives. 2021-03-13. The Independent Uganda. en-US.
  8. Web site: Republic . Matooke . 2021-05-18 . 23-year-old Hellen Auma Wandera shares how she rose from fish vending to Parliament . 2023-02-08 . Matooke Republic . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2021-05-20 . Busia fish vendor, Auma, now Uganda's youngest serving MP . 2023-02-08 . The East African . en.

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