Adison Kakuru
Adison Kakuru is a Ugandan politician, businessman, farmer and environmentalist. He was the elected Member of Parliament representing Rukiga County, in Kabale District, in the 8th Ugandan Parliament. He also served as the elected District Chairperson of Kabale District (LC 5 Chairman), District Council Speaker in Kabale and Member of Kabale District Council representing Rwamucucu Sub-county. He is a member of the National Resistance Movement political party.[1][2]
Biography
Kakuru was born on 14 April 1962, in Kabale District.[3] He attended Kigezi College Butobere for his O and A level education. Kakuru obtained a Bachelor of Science in Forestry, with Honors, from Makerere University in 1990. He also holds the degree of Master of Science in Environment and Natural Resources Management from Makerere University. He attended the International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands. [4]
Career
Kakuru has served as an officer in the research department of the Forestry Department as a counterpart staff to the Government of Uganda's Agroforestry Research Network for Africa (AFRENA).
At the Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organization, he worked as a Research Officer/Centre Manager at the Forestry Research Institute and also worked on other projects.[5] He was head of the Kabale AFRENA Station. He was also head of the Natural Resources section of Africare[6] under Africare/USAID, a Title II Food for Peace funded Project called Uganda Food Security Initiative (UFSI).
As an environmentalist, Kakuru worked at the Regional Centre for Services in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, in Nairobi, Kenya, the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry in Nairobi, the International Atomic Energy Agency and Food and Agriculture Organisation in Vienna, Austria, National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) in Kampala, Uganda and the World Mountain Peoples’ Association (WMPA) in Paris, France.
Politics
In April 1992 Kakuru was elected Member of Kabale District Council representing Rwamucucu Sub-county. He held the office until 2002, serving as Chairperson of the District Education Committee and District Production and Environment Committee. In April 1998 he was elected District Council Speaker of Kabale, a position he held until March 2002, while also serving as the Chairman of the District Council Business Committee.
Kakuru became Kabale District Chairperson in April 2002,[7] defeating Dr. Francis Runumi. He was re-elected to the same office in 2006. In March 2010 he resigned to take part in the 2010 Rukiga county federal by-election.[8]
In March 2010, Kakuru was elected Member of the 8th Ugandan Pariiament, representing Rukiga County, in Kabale District[9] after defeating Forum for Democratic Change candidate Jack Sabiiti.[10][11] While in Parliament, he served on the Standing committee Physical Infrastructure and the Sessional committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and Government Enterprises.
In the 2011 National election, he lost to Jack Sabiiti.
References
- ^ "Rukiga race: Independent candidate gives NRM trouble" Archived 6 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. The Independent, 23 March 2010
- ^ Adison Kakuru Hands Over Kabale Office to Vice-Chairman
- ^ Adison Kakuru Was Born in 14 April 1962
- ^ Profile At Commonwealth Business Council Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "RUKIGA BY-ELECTION: Kakuru pledges to unite, develop Rukiga". The Observer.
- ^ Mugisha Odrek Rwabwogo (2007). Uganda Districts Information Handbook. Fountain Publishers.
- ^ "Kakuru 'Compromise' Candidate - Rugunda.", Africa News Service, 6 February 2004. Via Highbeam (subscription required)
- ^ "Mbale FDC win maintains NRM urban jinx" Archived 11 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. The Independent. 2 March 2010
- ^ "Kabale landslide kills university student" Archived 11 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine, New Vision, 17 May 2010.
- ^ Rukiga by-election: Kakuru pledges to unite, develop Rukiga
- ^ "District winners" Archived 11 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. New Vision. 2 September 2010