Agnes Kirabo
Agnes Kirabo is a Ugandan politician and legislator. She is the youth member of parliament representing Uganda's central region in the parliament of Uganda.
She was voted into parliament on the ticket of National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, a party under the chairmanship of Yoweri Museveni president of the republic of Uganda.[1][2][3][4][5]
Background and Education[edit]
Kirabo an alumna of Makerere University has a master's degree in Business Administration from the same University.[6]
In the NRM party primary elections for youth MPs, she won 11 other contenders with 44%of the vote including Justine Namere daughter of Vicent Ssempijja the minister of defence.[6][7][8][9]
During the 2021 general elections, she won 6 males to emerge youth Mp for the central region youth. She garnered 780 votes beating her closest rival Ivan Bwowe the former makerere University Guild president.[1][6][2][3][10]
Career[edit]
Kirabo was formerly an employee at the National Resistance Movement secretariat where she served as secretary for female affairs and as an auditor.[11][8][9]
She currently serves as the central region Youth member of parliament.[4][12][13][14]
In parliament, Kirabo serves on the committee on trade, tourism and industry.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "NRM's Agnes Kirabo beats six men to become the central youth MP". The Independent Uganda. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b "NRM's Kirabo wins Central Youth MP seat". Monitor. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b "NRM sweeps National Youth MP elections". Nile Post. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b "NRM takes all the five youth MP slots". 93.3 KFM. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "NRM floors opposition in youth MP elections across the country". National Resistance Movement. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b c "Central Region Youth MP Agnes Kirabo Graduates During Makerere's 71st Ceremony". Campus Bee. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "NRM Central Region Youth MP flag bearer: I only spent Shs30m; my opponent bought each vote at Shs500,000". The Pearl Times. 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b "Workers' MPs re-elected in NRM party primaries". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b "I used only UGX30m to put Nameere in her place, NRM Central Region flagbearer Agnes Kirabo tells church". Vanguard News. 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "NRM sweeps National Youth MP elections". UGNEWS24. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Kirabo Declared Official (NRM)Flagbearer for Central Youth-MP". Newsfeed Uganda. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ Achom, Pamela (2021-02-02). "NRM Scoops Massive Victory In Country Wide Youth MP Elections". Galaxy FM 100.2. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ Byemboijana, Muhamadi. "NRM Sweeps Youth MP elections". Sunrise. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Kirabo Agnes - 2021 General Election". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry". Parliament Watch. Retrieved 2022-04-07.