Maureen third from left
Maureen Wanyonyi
Tough as nails is want can describe the 2nd yr economic and statistics student who was the chairperson for WOSWA main campus in her first year and later joined SONU. But it was a baptism of fire as she narrates.
“All odds were against me since there was another lady who was vying for gender rep and she had already been endorsed but I soldiered on and even went to campaign in Kikuyu (Campus), the much dreaded zone where I was harassed, slapped and call all forms of names but here I am sound and well.”
Maureen is a plenary member of Kenya University Students’ Organization (KUSO) and a member of interparty youth forum (IYF) which works closely with national democratic institute (NDI), a programme for young politicians in Africa.
She has faced a myriad of challenges in her new post.
“Bureaucracy is the mother of them all since. Even the simplest thing can take years to materialize. There are so many events and changes I have pushed to be implemented with little success. Students are another issue they are always on your neck, for money and time but you get wise on how to deal with them along the way.”
Maureen says she will vie for the post of SONU Chairperson next year and aspires to vie for Bungoma county women rep after campus. With this in mind, she is planning to host an event in December and one in February during culture week. You ar
“Politics runs in my blood. I am not in it for the short term,” says Maureen, confidently.
The young student leader likes to travel and watch movies and occasionally revisits the ‘political textbook’ – art of war and 48 laws of power which decorates her library. She hopes to one day write her biography.
“I got a lot of stories to say about my life, politics, family which will take a whole day if I tell you now.”
