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Youngest African Legislator at the Age of Nineteen

A Ugandan teenage set a record when she was declared the winner in the local by-elections to become country's youngest MP ever.

Uganda: Oromait Is Youngest MP in Africa

New Vision, 15 September 2012

At the age of 19, NRM's Proscovia Alengot Oromait sets the record as Uganda's youngest legislator ever, after she was declared the winner in the Usuk County by-elections. Read more »

Alengot (right) poses with a friend at PMM Girls School

Uganda: Work Cut Out for New 19-Year-Old Usuk MP

Observer, 14 September 2012

Parliament is not a daycare, MP says in reaction to teenager's victory Read more »
Uganda: I'm Naturally a Politician, Says Mpuuga

Observer, 9 September 2012

Little was known about Mathias Mpuuga, the Masaka municipality MP, until he became the poster child of the opposition-led campaign Walk-to-Work in April 2011, which in many ways… Read more »

InFocus

Uganda Elects 19-Year-Old Legislator

Proscovia Alengot Oromait became Uganda’s youngest member of Parliament after she won the Usuk County seat, previously held by her late father, in a by-election. Read more »
- Uganda: Teenager Becomes Uganda's Youngest MP
- Uganda: Voting Underway in Two Constituencies

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