Hope Mwesigye

Hope Ruhindi Mwesigye is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. She is the former Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry & Fisheries,[1] from 16 February 2009 until 27 May 2011.[2] Prior to that, she served as the State Minister for Local Government, from June 2006 until February 2011.[3] In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, she was dropped from the cabinet and replaced by Tress Bucyanayandi.[4]

Hope Mwesigye
Born (1956-12-28) 28 December 1956
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Laws)
(Master of Arts In Gender Studies)
Law Development Center
(Diploma in Legal Practice)
OccupationLawyer & Politician
Years active1980 — 2011
Known forPolitics

Early life and education

She was born on 28 December 1956, in Kabale District. She attended Kabale High School' for her O-Level studies, And Trinity College Nabbingo for her A-Level education.[5] Ms. Mwesigye went on to obtain a law degree (Bachelor of Law) with Honors, from Makerere University. She also holds the Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Center in Kampala. In addition, she attained the Master of Arts (MA) degree in Women and Gender Studies.

Work experience

Hope Mwesigye worked as a Senior State Attorney in the Ugandan Ministry of Justice for eight years prior to 1988. Between 1988 and 1991, she worked as the Program Officer at Uganda Gender Resources Center, a private non profit organization. Between 1991 and 2001, she served as the Executive Director of the same non-profit. She has also served as a Program Officer for FIDA (Uganda), another Ugandan non-profit specializing in championing the rights of women. In 2001, she entered elective politics and was elected to the parliamentary seat of Kabale District Women's Representative. She was re-elected in 2006 on the National Resistance Movement political party ticket. She lost her re-election bid in 2011 to Ronah Ninsiima, an Independent politician, who is the incumbent MP for Kabale Women's Representative.[6] In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, she was dropped from the cabinet.

Personal Details

She is reported to enjoy community mobilization drives for development. She is married and she is the mother of four children.

See also

References
  1. Daily Nation Reporter, . (9 November 2010). "Small Farmers Hold Key To Food Security". Daily Nation (Nairobi). Retrieved 13 March 2015.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Newvision Archive, . (18 February 2009). "Full Cabinet List As At 18 February 2009". New Vision (Kampala). Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Mukasa, Henry (2 June 2006). "Cabinet Ministries Allocated". New Vision (Kampala). Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. Uganda State House, . (27 May 2011). "Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers". Facebook.com. Retrieved 4 March 2015.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Ssenkaaba, Stephen (14 July 2007). "Nabbingo Savours 65 Year Old Fruit". New Vision (Kampala). Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. Tumushabe, Alfred (9 April 2011). "How They Beat Political Giants To Win: Ronah Ninsiima". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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