Nayiga Florence Ssekabira is a Ugandan female politician, former State Minister for PWDs and Women Member of Parliament of Kayunga district in the eighth parliament on National Resistance Movement (NRM) political party ticket.[1][2][3]

Political career

Florence Nayiga Sekabira was the Honourable Minister of State for Elderly and Disability Affairs from 2001 to 2006,[4][5] She won (was elected) National Woman Disability Member of Parliament after defeating Sophia Nalule, her competitor.[6][7] Florence Nayiga Sekabira represented women of Kayunga in the eighth parliament but lost her seat to Hon. Nantaba Aidah Erios in the ninth parliament.[8][2]

Political contributions

State minister for the elderly and disability Florence Nayiga Sekabira advocated for the rights of persons with disabilities.[9][10] Hon. Nayiga Florence Ssekabira distributed wealth creation capital such as seedlings to the people in Kayunga.[11][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New vision; MP Nayiga Florence Ssekabira".
  2. 1 2 3 "KAYUNGA DISTRICT | LOCAL GOVERNMENT". kayunga.go.ug. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  3. ↑ "| National Resistance Movement". | National Resistance Movement. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  4. ↑ "UN Enable - Promoting the rights of Persons with Disabilities – Contribution by NHRI in Uganda". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  5. ↑ "Full ministerial list published". The New Humanitarian (in Arabic). 2001-07-27. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  6. ↑ "Nayiga Wins Seat". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  7. ↑ "parliament of uganda; Nayiga Florence Ssekabira".
  8. ↑ "RT HON MINISTER HOSTS KAYUNGA DISTRICT LEADERS | KAYUNGA DISTRICT". kayunga.go.ug. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  9. ↑ "Government team to monitor PWDs rights". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  10. ↑ Katsui, Hisayo; Kumpuvuori, Jukka (2008-10-04). "Human Rights Based Approach to Disability in Development in Uganda: A Way to Fill the Gap between Political and Social Spaces?". Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 10 (4): 227–236. doi:10.1080/15017410802410084. ISSN 1745-3011.
  11. ↑ "Kayunga youth get coffee seedlings". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.