Silas Aogon

Silas Aogon

Silas Aogon (born 17 November 1976) is a male Ugandan Accountant and Member of Parliament of Kumi Municipality, Kumi District.[1][2][3] He has served in the tenth and eleventh Parliament of Uganda as an independent politician.[1][4][5][6][7]

Education background

In 1991, he completed his Primary Leaving Examination from Kumi Primary School and later joined Wiggins Secondary School in 1995 to pursue his Uganda Certificate of Education.[1] He was awarded a Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education in 1998 from Elgon High School - Mbale.[1] Silas holds a Diploma of Stores Management from Makerere University Business School (2000) and a Certified Public Accountant of Uganda from ICPAU (2013).[1]

Career before politics

Before joining the Parliament of Uganda as a Member of Parliament, Silas was employed as an Accounts Assistant (2006-2009), Stores Assistant (2006) and Senior Accounts Assistant (2009-2015) at Bukedea District Local Government.[1] He also worked at Kumi District Local Government as the Stores Assistant in the year 2002 and 2006.[1][8]

Political career

He has been the Member of Parliament at the Parliament of Uganda from 2016 to date in the tenth and eleventh Parliament of Uganda.[1]

He serves on the Professional body as an associate at ICPAU.[1] He is the member of the Public Accounts Committee and Committee on Natural Resources.[1][9] He is the UWOPA Associate Member.[10]

He was among the 4 MPs from Teso Sub-region who vowed to go on strike if government failed to evenly distribute food.[11] During the COVID-19 outbreak, he said that many Ugandans are facing economic hardships due to closure of businesses and urged the government to open the country so that people can trade.[12]

Personal life

He is married.[1] His hobbies are watching football, travelling, playing pool and reading newspapers.[1] He is interested in counselling and fundraising.[1] Before joining politics, he used to be a master of ceremonies (MC) and events manager at various functions.[1][8] He is a member of the Parliamentary Forum on Social Protection which specifically deals with issues of the elderly.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Parliament of Uganda". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  2. ^ "Kumi health centre IV theatre lies idle 10 years after construction". Nile Post. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  3. ^ Independent, The (2020-10-30). "Teso clergy help candidates to make peace before campaigns". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  4. ^ "Aogon Silas - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  5. ^ "Government spent money on speculation, there are no locusts in Kumi; every coin must be accounted for – Silas Aogon, MP Kumi Municipality". Matooke Republic. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  6. ^ "Aogon Silas - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  7. ^ "Silas Aogon". theyworkforyou.github.io. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  8. ^ a b c NAMULOKI, JOSEPHINE. "Aogon: I will not let down youth, women and elderly". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  9. ^ "Hon. Aogon Silas". MPScan Uganda. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  10. ^ "UWOPA Associate Members | Uganda Women Parliamentary Association". uwopa.or.ug. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  11. ^ "TESO MPs issue ultimatum on food delivery – Parliament Watch". parliamentwatch.ug. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  12. ^ "Cabinet directs Health Ministry to review Covid SOPs". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2021-04-04.