Omara Atubo
Born (1947-08-14) 14 August 1947
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Education
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician
Years active1974–present
Known forPolitics, Law
TitleFormer Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (2006-2011)[1]

Daniel Omara Atubo is a Ugandan lawyer, educator and politician. He is the former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, in the Ugandan Cabinet, a position he served in from May 2006 until May 2011.[2] In the cabinet reshuffle on 27 May 2011, he was dropped from the Cabinet.[1] He represented "Otuke County", in present-day Otuke District in the Ugandan Parliament, between 1987 and 2011. He lost his re-election bid to parliament in March 2011.

Background and education

He was born in Otuke District, which at the time was part of Lira District, on 14 August 1947. Omara Atubo holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Makerere University where he was Editor-In-Chief of the Makerere Law Journal in 1971.[3] He also holds the Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center in Kampala.

Career

He started practicing law in 1974 and continues to practice up to today. He worked as a Senior State Attorney from 1972 until 1976. Between 1977 and 1979, he was a Senior Lecturer in Law in Moshi, Tanzania. Between 1985 and 1987, he served as Secretary, Bank of Uganda. During the late 1980s Omara Atubo served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, from 1987 until 1991.[4][5] He was first elected to parliament in 1987 and was continuously a Member of Parliament until 2011. He was appointed as Minister of Lands, Housing & Urban Development, serving in that capacity from May 2006 until he was dropped from the Cabinet in May 2011.[2]

Personal details

Omara Atubo is married. He lists personal interest in human rights, democracy, education, golf, walking and jogging. The web site of the Uganda Parliament lists his political affiliation as Independent. In the 2011 national elections, he lost the "Otuke County" seat in Parliament to Deusdedit Jacinto Ogwal of the Uganda People's Congress political party, who is he incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency.

Controversy

On 15 April 1991 members of the National Resistance Council, the then Parliament, met to discuss a rebel screening programme set up in districts of Northern Uganda, which was causing divisions within the Ugandan Army. Following that meeting three men, including Omara Atubo, then a member of the Ugandan Cabinet, were arrested and charged, along with thirteen others, with treason. The case was later dismissed. Omara Atubo was dropped from the cabinet on account of those allegations.

Just prior to the 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections, Omara Atubo, then a member of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) disagreed with Miria Obote, the party's president. Eventually Atubo left UPC and contested those elections as an Independent. He won and was offered a cabinet position in the ruling National Resistance Movement government, which he accepted.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers". 27 May 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2015 – via Facebook.
  2. 1 2 Mukasa, Henry (2 June 2006). "Cabinet Ministries Allocated". New Vision (Kampala). Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Launch of the Makerere Law Journal 2013 Edition". School of Law, Makerere University. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 Osike, Felix (14 April 2006). "Omara Atubo Meets Museven". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nominees Await MP's Approval Before Taking on New Offices". New Vision (Kampala). 24 May 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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