SAILING THROUGH THE ODDS!

Faith Boniface Mwende is the current MCA elect for Kipevu ward and the only wiper MCA in the county assembly of Mombasa,a position that she clinched after sailing through all sorts of odds but one that was driven by passion to show that there is a breed of politicians with integrity in politics,however it was not an easy task to embark on having come from a church setting type of leadership where she was advocating for the rights of the youths which is an altogether different space to be in.

Injustices drove me to politics ,whenever i saw a woman being harrased i would shed tears until i said enough is enough ,someone must stop the harassment, someone must speak.....

Being a strong beleiver she had difficut hurdles and was first of joining politics due to the christian beliefs on politics,that was not all the challenges that she had ,ever heard of the common kenyan phrase "your name betrays you ?" this sad reality yet a fallacy ,which caught up with her really badly since her opponent used it to their very best!

Opponents claimed that i got the position because i was a kamba and a wiper member

unfortunatley the fangs of tribalism always follow us ready to stick but we

are the people to debunk them at all cost! she says that the biggest challenge in politics is the question of morals and social constructs ,offcourse since we have become money oriented the ,flexing the financial muscle is the biggest of all challenges but not the only one Male chauvinism is real ,sice today her opponents are still collecting signatures to impeach her barely months after her election to office !

my agenda for the youth was to empower them,thats why immediatly i got elected istared the idea of a youth council at the ward level to equip the youth with the much needed information because i realized that is the generally the biggest challenge in mombasa county,it was due to the same spirit that while campaighning instead of asking voters to vote for him i used to do civic education and left if for the voters to decide!

having sailed through all that both as a woman and as a youth ,Miss Faith has a strong conviction that all is possible especially if you focus on your agenda and refuse to listen to the voices draining your discourse,she had this to say as her parting shot it is your decison and not your backgrond that determines yor destiny ,being yourself is key!

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