Hon. Elsie Busihile Muhanda is the Kakamega County Woman Representative, elected in 2017 and again in 2022 on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket with 300,426 votes, and is seeking the Kakamega governorship in 2027.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Before elective politics she was a pioneer County Executive Committee Member for Health and Trade in the Kakamega County Government under former Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, overseeing key developments in county healthcare infrastructure. In the National Assembly she serves on the Departmental Committee on Energy. At grassroots level she finances affirmative action programmes including table banking for women, bursaries for needy students, efforts to combat teen pregnancies and distribution of sanitary towels to schoolgirls.