[1][4] The gaps in available healthcare services between wealthy and poor Sierra Leoneans, the high maternal death rate and the high rate of deaths from preventable or treatable illnesses motivated her interest in politics.

[5] The aim of the Unity Party is to bring Sierra Leoneans of all ethnic groups together in a common effort to improve the country.

[7][1][3] The party's main focus is education, health, job creation and increased international trade.

[8] She was the only female presidential candidate in the election and the first woman in history to run for the office of President of Sierra Leone.

[4] In partnership with the West End Clinic, she established the Unity Movement Sierra Leone a voter outreach initiative through mobile medical outreach programs to treat malaria, hypertension, diabetes, and other illnesses.