Aisha Sekindi

Aisha Sekindi
Born (1970-12-04) 4 December 1970 (age 54)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
EducationMuslim Primary School
Kadugala Secondary School
Alma materKibuli Teacher Training College
(Certificate in Education)
Occupation(s)Legislator, teacher
Years active1997–present
Known forPolitics, Education
TitleMember of Parliament
Kalungu District Women's Constituency

Aisha Sekindi (born 4 December 1970[1]) is a Ugandan educator and legislator. As of February 2022, she serves as Uganda's Minister of State for Water and the woman representative for Kalungu district in Uganda's eleventh parliament.[2][3][4][5] She replaced Hon. Ronald Kibuule who handed over the office in July 2021.[6] She held the same position in Uganda's tenth parliament. Politically, she is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement[7] under whose ticket she contested in the 2016 general election,[8] achieving victory over Aisha Naluyati Waligo of the Democratic Party Uganda (DP).[9][10][11][12]

Background and education

Aisha Sekindi attended Kyato Muslim Primary School which she left in 1984 to join Kadugala Secondary School for her O Levels (Uganda Certificate of Education), which she obtained in 1988. Later on in 1995, she obtained a Teachers Certificate from Kibuli Teacher Training College.[1]

Career

Though Aisha Sekindi started out as a deputy headteacher at Saint Kizito Primary School, Lwengo (1997 to 2001), she moved on to becoming the Local Council V Councillor for Lwabenge[13] and Secretary for Gender with Masaka District Local Government between 2001 and 2007.[1][13]

Prior to becoming a legislator, Aisha Sekindi served as deputy Resident District Commissioner for Lira district between 2013 and 2014. Before that, she had served in the same position in Tororo District (2011 to 2013) and Kamuli District (2007 to 2011).[1][14] Between 2010 and 2011, she was the Acting Resident District Commissioner for Buyende district.[15]

As a female legislator in the tenth parliament of Uganda, she belonged to the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA)[16] and is listed as a member of the committee for agriculture.

Controversies

Waliggo Aisha Nuluyati of DP filed a case against Aisha Sekindi to the high court alleging that Sekindi did not have the necessary academic qualifications for the woman Member of Parliament (MP) position she was elected to. Despite these allegations, Sekindi was declared the rightful woman MP for Kalungu District after the 2016 elections.[12] In March 2023, Aisha Sekindi's name also surfaced in connection with the Karamoja iron sheets saga,[17] where she was among the 30 Members of Parliament (MPs) implicated. The scandal involved allegations of misappropriation of funds meant for the procurement and distribution of iron sheets to disadvantaged communities in the Karamoja region of Uganda.[18][19][20][17][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sekindi Aisha". Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Hon. Aisha Sekindi | Ministry of Water and Environment". www.mwe.go.ug. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  3. ^ Parliament of Uganda (3 August 2021). "MEMBERS OF THE 11TH PARLIAMENT AS AT 03 AUGUST 2021" (PDF). Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Aisha Ssekindi". theyworkforyou.github.io. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. ^ "Bad weather forces Bududa locals to embrace irrigation". Monitor. 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  6. ^ "Kibuule Hands Over Office to New State Minister for Water, Aisha Sekindi". ChimpReports. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  7. ^ "Museveni ne Bobi bayigga kalulu k'e Kalungu". www.bukedde.co.ug. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. ^ Electoral Commission of Uganda (13 April 2016). "General Parliamentary Elections 2016 Gazette List" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Uganda. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  9. ^ "DP's Aisha Waliggo to Appeal against Aisha Ssekindi's Stay in Parliament". ChimpReports. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  10. ^ "10 judges assigned to hear 140 election appeals". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Agataliikonfuufu: Minisita Aisha Ssekindi akuutidde bannabyabufuzi baleme okuwuuddisanga bannansi". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  12. ^ a b Court of Appeal upholds Aisha Ssekindi's election as Kalungu Woman MP, retrieved 2023-02-09
  13. ^ a b Mugera, Isaac. "Former Kalungu East MP Jailed for Six Months for Failing to Pay Court Costs". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  14. ^ Kiggundu, Edris. "New parliament, fresh faces". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  15. ^ Mutyaba, Gertrude. "Kalungu Woman MP Survives Election Petition". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  16. ^ "Members of UWOPA of 10th Parliament". Uganda Women Parliament Association. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Uganda: Iron sheets scandal has top government officials on a tightrope". The Africa Report.com. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  18. ^ "30 MPs named in iron sheets saga". Monitor. 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  19. ^ Byemboijana, Muhamadi (2023-04-11). "Museveni Directs Ministers Who Took Karamoja Iron Sheets to Return Them or Pay". SoftPower News. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  20. ^ Kyama, Eric (2023-04-13). "IGG releases list of gov't officials involved in iron sheets scandal". Pulse Uganda. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  21. ^ "Uganda's watchdog investigates iron sheets procurement". Supply Management. Retrieved 2023-05-16.