Proscovia Oromait, 19, contested elections deep in eastern Uganda to fill the seat left vacant after her father's death.
President Yoweri Museveni's ruling party had been desperate for a win, having lost seven in eight parliamentary by-elections this year.
The polls are widely seen as a test of Museveni's popularity, and some calculated that she would win with a sympathy vote. The result was Uganda's youngest lawmaker ever - and a boost for Museveni's party.
6 comments:
Politics has nothing to do with emotion,she is too young,besides she is a lady
19yrs too small to handle difficult issues
Proscovia Oromait,enjoy your youth, why do you want to bore yourself at this age, you will age quickly
For them to have allowed to contest, she might as well win &occupy the post
Make your dead father proud,all the best.
Make history girl
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