Under 40 Years Old: East African MP of the Week.

Proscovia Alengot Oromait 
(born 1 January 1993) is a Ugandan university student and politician.

She is the elected Member of Parliament(MP) for Usuk County, Katakwi District. At age 19, she is the youngest member of parliament in Uganda, and on the African continent.

She was born in Katakwi District on 1 January 1993. Her father, Michael Oromait, served as the MP for the same parliamentary seat before his death on 21 July 2012.

She completed her high school (S6) at St. Kalemba Senior Secondary School in Kayunga District in December 2011. She was admitted toUganda Christian University in Mukono, beginning August 2012, where she currently studies for the degree of Bachelor of Mass Communications.

After her father's death, Alengot Oromait decided to contest the National Resistance Movement primary elections to replace her father, who had served as an Independent. She won the primary and in the general elections in September 2012, she won with 54.2% of the vote. She is expected to juggle her undergraduate studies with her parliamentary duties for the next three years at the minimum.

For More info, follow the link: http://youngestmp.blogspot.ca/2013/06/alengot-oromait.html

Under 40 Years Old: East African MP of the Week.


January Makamba
Honorable January Y. Makamba.

Born on 28th of January in 1974,  Mr. January Makamba is a Tanzanian politician, Member of Parliament elected in the Constituency of Bumbuli in the Lushoto district of Tanga.

He is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Communication, Science and Technology in the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania.

For more information about his prominent under 40 years old politician, please visit his web site at http://www.januarymakamba.com/mystory.html, and there you will get to know why the residents of Bumbuli chose him to be their representative in the Tanzanian Parliament. 

Every week, we will be providing a profile of an East African Politician who is a Member of Parliament and whose age is Under 40.
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