She was elected to that position in February 2013,[3] replacing her younger sister, Cerinah Nebanda, who died in office in December 2012.

[6] She is the firstborn of the family of eight children (one boy and seven girls) and she was born in Entebbe, on 9 October 1986 to the late Peter Waiga and Alice Namulwa.

[7] She is reported to hold the BA in Human Resources Management attained from the University of East London in 2008 and a MA in International Human Resources Management, from the University of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom.

[8][2] On 14 December 2012, Cerinah Nebanda, the elected Member of Parliament for the Butaleja Women's Constituency died suddenly, rendering that position vacant.

In the by-election to fill her seat, her elder sister, Florence Andiru Nebanda won on the National Resistance Movement political party ticket.