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LEAH MUMO From being a great grassroots mobilizer to a position as the nominated member of nairobi county assembly harambee ward under The national alliance Party from 2012 to 2017. At 11 years old and standard Five leah became pregnant,she went through a lot of challenges ,from family discrimination with was supposed to be her strongest support system.she went through tough times that she had to move out of her parent home,went to live with her grandmother in the village,with the school far apart ,she used to walk a distance of estimate 11km to and fromhttp://kw.awcfs.org/article/from-being-a-great-mobilise.

Through her resilience she said that her pregnancy wasn't going to stop her achieve her dreams,after her secondary school her grandmother was not able to pay for her school fee to further her education. leah Is very gifted in talking,so she decided to go back to harambee estate in Nairobi eastlands area,the community where she had grown.

she was very charismatic,she could pull crowds and they listened to her,that was one of her among strengths,which she used to earn a living and this made made politician get interested in her to help them in convincing and mobilizing votes for them. Through her efforts in community organizing, she was nominated to be a member of county assembly in the year 2013 in Nairobi county assembly. Successes Inspired and mentored young mothers through her personal struggle and story. supported Young people to start income generating activities such as providing water tanks to start car wash and carpet cleaning businesses.