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Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga

Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga

Ugandan Legislator

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]

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