Nyanjura Doreen is the Deputy Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City. She is serving her second term both as Deputy Lord Mayor and as the elected Local Council 5 (LCV) Woman Councilor, representing Makerere University at Kampala Capital City Authority.
She is a senior member of the second biggest Opposition Political Party in Uganda (The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC), where she serves as an Executive member in charge of trade, investment and the Economy. She is an author, a Feminist and Gender Scholar at Makerere University and an Activist in the fight for Women, Youth and PWDs rights.
She has been involved in the struggle for political and social change in Uganda for over ten years now. Her activism against bad governance has seen her arrested over 25 times.