Sarah Kiyingi Musoke
Sarah Kiyingi Musoke | |
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| Born | April 16, 1960 Rakai District |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Citizenship | Ugandan |
| Education | Bwanda Primary School, Kalagala Primary School, St Catherine Girls School (currently Dr. Obote College), Kyebambe Girls, Makerere University, University of Nairobi |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Title | Misnister |
| Political party | National Resistance Movement (NRM) |
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Sarah Kiyingi Musoke (born April 16, 1960) is a Ugandan politician, a former State Minister of Internal Affairs and a former Woman Representative Member of parliament representative for Rakai District since the Sixth Parliament of Uganda between 1996 and 2016.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Sarah was born to David Livingstone (father) from Rakai District.[2] She went to Bwanda Primary School before joining Kalagala Primary School. She after joined St Catherine Girls School (currently Dr. Obote College), Kyebambe Girls and then Makerere University where she attained a bachelor's degree in sociology and religious studies. She then joined University of Nairobi for her master's degree in religious studies.[1]
Political career[edit]
When she came to Parliament in 1996, first she became a vice chairperson on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and by the time Yoweri Museveni appointed her minister of state for internal affairs between 1999 and 2003. She was the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.[1]
She spearheaded and initiated the process to censure Mr Kirunda Kivejinja who was then the minister of transport and communications on accusations of mismanaging thousands of litres of automobile fuel. This was during Kiyingi's first term in Parliament.
Controversies[edit]
Sarah Kiyingi, Eriya Kategaya, Bidandi Ssali, Miria Matembe and Namusoke were fired from Cabinet/ministerial positions by Yoweri Museveni and one of the reasons he gave for their sacking was that they contradicted the position of the National Resistance Movement on the third term. It was also said that these had gone against Yoweri Meseveni's proposal of National constitutional amendment for the term limit.[3]
In April 2021, Musoke was said to have also initiated an online petition that was aimed at challenging the allocation of 10 billion Shillings to members of parliament, to allegedly fight the spread of coronavirus.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "The Observer Media Ltd. :: The Weekly Observer :: Uganda's Top Resource site". archive.observer.ug. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "I regret joining politics, says former minister Sarah Kiyingi". Monitor. 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "Ignore Kakooza Mutale moves at your own peril". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ Reporter, Independent (2020-04-21). "17,000 sign petition against COVID-19 allocation to Parliament". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-04-04.