Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga

Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga
Born (1975-11-14) 14 November 1975 (age 49)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
EducationButare Senior Secondary School
Lugogo Hall Centre
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor in International Business)
Occupation(s)Politician, businesswoman
Years active2007–present
Employer(s)Coyetee
Hoopoe Tours and Travel, Kampala
Buhweju District
Parliament of Uganda
Known forPolitics
TitleMember of Parliament
Buhweju District Women's Constituency
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
Other political
affiliations		Independent

Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga (born on 14 November 1975[1]) is a Ugandan businesswoman and legislator. As of April 2020, she is currently serving as the elected woman representative for Buhweju district in Uganda's tenth parliament.[2] She represented the same constituency in Uganda's ninth parliament as a member of the National Resistance Movement. She then contested as an independent candidate in the 2016 general elections.[3]

Background and education

Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga achieved her O Levels (Uganda Certificate of Education) at Butare Senior Secondary School in 1995 before sitting for her A Levels (Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education) at the Lugogo Hall Centre in 2006. She also holds a bachelor's degree in International Business from Makerere University which she obtained in 2009.[1][4]

Career

Between 2007 and 2009, Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga worked as an Operations Manager at Coyetee then as a Customer Relations Manager at Hoopoe Tours and Travel, Kampala from 2009 to 2013.[1]

Upon the death in 2013 of Joy Arinaitwe Kariisa,[5] the then woman member of parliament for Buhweju District, Oliver Koyekyenga contested for the seat on the National Resistance Movement ticket[6][7] achieving victory over Jane Frida Bwiruka.[8][9]

She contested as an independent candidate in the 2016 general election to retain the seat.[10] She sits on at least 2 Parliamentary committees.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Katwesigye Oliver Koyekyenga". Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Wolokoso: MP Mbwa barks over lunch". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ Electoral Commission, Uganda (13 April 2016). "Gazette List of Elected MPs 2016" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Uganda. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "NRM's Oliver is Buhweju Woman MP". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Buhweju Woman MP, Joy Kariisa dead". New Vision. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  6. ^ Tumushabe, Alfred (21 September 2013). "11 eye Buhweju Woman MP seat". The Daily Monitor. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ^ "3 cleared for Buhweju Woman MP election". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Electoral Commission hailed on Buhweju polls". New Vision. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Buhweju district Woman MP discharged in healthy condition". 93.3 KFM. 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  10. ^ "Lumumba faults NRM leaders over division". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 16 April 2020.