Toughness defeats Varsity hooliganism.

Ann Mvurya being sworn in after winning elections.

Now the current chairperson of the University of Nairobi Students Association, Ann Mvurya has been on the political scene for two years, having served as the head of secretariat for the UON students union. According to her, voting for students leaders through delegates has helped to curb hooliganism. Monitoring of voting is now easy,the process is fair than it had been.

The elections also had its own challenges like financing the campaign and convincing students that she would keep her promises. Unlike before, when every candidate would run an individual campaign, the new system required one to have a team of seven people.

Ms Mvurya claimed to be a self made politician and thrushed rumors that she was financed by people outside the University. Her win however elicited mixed reactions with some students engaging in an online smear campaign and discrediting her ability to lead.

Mvurya claimed that University politics had been dominated by hooliganism for years and to overcome that, she had to be tough and at the same time listen to students. Her main challenges according to her was financing her campaign and convincing students that she would keep her promises.