Ex-sex worker Mary Mugure determined to sit in the Nairobi County Assembly

Determined to be an MCA, Mary Mugure.

Ex-sex worker Mary Mugure is determined to change lives in Nairobi’s Mathare Kiamiako slum.
“If you solve the problems of a woman, the society automatically becomes better because women think of others first.
 I am a single mother. I know what a woman is capable of doing to provide for those she loves,” she says
Nairobi’s informal settlements can be unforgiving, but Mugure, who was born and bred in the slum, knows no other life. 
“You are always on survival mode, but I am proud of my roots. I am turning 40 this year and having an appreciation of my upbringing has helped me have a positive outlook on life,” says Mugure, a former sex worker.
But that was then.
Now she is determined to take over from the current MCA, a man she campaigned for in the last election.
“He is not a bad man. But he hasn’t delivered for women. I think many men are just not able to understand the challenges women face.
 “I am a community mobiliser. In Kiamaiko I go by the nickname ‘Mama Yao’ because I have a huge youthful following. 
I have campaigned for others before. Now I am campaigning for myself because I have ideas that will impact people,” she says.
Mugure is seeking the UDA ticket and will be battling others at nominations for the party’s ticket.