Doreen Nyanjura
Ugandan politician
Doreen Nyanjura (born circa 1989) is a Ugandan politician, who was on 18 June 2020, appointed Deputy Lord Mayor for Kampala, replacing Sarah Kanyike. She also serves as the elected Local Council 5 (LCV) Woman Councillor, representing Makerere University at Kampala Capital City Authority, the governing body of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. She was elected to her present position in 2016.
Quotes
edit- I advise the young people to believe in themselves .You should not let the family background even if it is humble to determine your future .Most of the people we admire come from humble backgrounds
- You don’t need to be from a certain background for you to offer leadership. Young people should get up and give direction to this country.
- As a feminist and a gender scholar, a partner I believe is someone that we have an equal stake. I don’t believe in this business that cooking is only for the woman or a man should be the one to pay for rent .I believe in equity
- My father has always told me that right is right and wrong is wrong. So for me, what guides me, if I am convinced beyond reasonable doubt even if it means standing alone that I am on the right track, no one is going to convince me otherwise.
- I always tell people that my conscience, I can never compromise my conscience. If something is wrong, it is wrong. Conscience comprises a lot of things. They say every man has his or her own price. I believe I don’t have a price, I can never betray my conscience because someone has given me money. Never.
- I think it is not about politics .I have been a leader all my life. I have been a leader from the time I joined school in nursery. I was the class monitor in P.1. I have been a leader throughout my primary life. In Kyebambe I was still a class monitor
- That is why I don’t understand certain sentiments that I see in the media, when people say men can’t cook and that cooking is the responsibility of women. For me I learnt most of this domestic work from my father.
