Ruweida Obo
Ruweida Mohamed Obo was born in 1978, in Pate Island, Lamu County. She is a Kenyan politician.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Pate Island, Lamu County, she attended Ndau Primary School in Lamu and later transferred to Ngomeni Primary School in Kilifi County. She attended Coast Girls' High School in Mombasa County for her O-levels education. She received her private pilot's licence from the Kenya School of Flying in October 2002. She worked as the line captain at Mombasa Air Safari for 13 years.[2]
Career
[edit]She was elected Lamu Woman Representative in 2017, on the Jubilee Party ticket. In 2022, vying on a Jubilee Party ticket, she became the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament for Lamu East Constituency, on.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mghenyi, Charles. "Pilot elected Lamu's first female MP". The Star. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Pilot elected Lamu's first female MP". The Star. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ GROUP, NTV KENYA-NATION MEDIA. "NTV Kenya: Making history! First female Lamu East MP elected". NTV Kenya. Retrieved 2023-02-22.