Ex-Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar picked her as the running mate as he sought to succeed Governor Ali Hassan Joho during the August 8, general elections.
Linda Shuma, has since gone silent ever since she was unveiled by Omar and participated in vote-hunting campaigns.
During her unveiling, Omar who vied on a Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya ticket, said it was time to empower women.
Little had been known about the International Relations and Business Management degree holder.
Shuma was confident that unseat Joho on August 8th. Omar described Shuma as an entrepreneur who graduated from United States International University of Africa (USIU).
Shuma is an influential entrepreneur in Mombasa, as she runs a catering management business, which deals with both corporate and social events.
The entrepreneurs who was 39-years-old before August 8, has been a role model to the youth admiring the corporate world.
The president of the Lions club Mombasa, Bahari branch actively engages in community empowerment since 2014.
In 2014, she began a community based organization that mainly targets education and mentoring community libraries and scholarships.