Stella Namoe Nyomera
Born26 August 1973
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUgandan
EducationKasimeri Primary School
Kangole Girls S.S.S
Imsat Demtac School of Management, Soroti
Uganda Martyrs University
Occupation(s)politician and social scientist
Employer(s)Parliament of Uganda
Moroto District Local Government
Karamoja Agro Pastoral Development Programme
Lutheran World Federation
Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)
Known forPolitics
Political partyNational Resistance Movement

Stella Namoe Nyomera, commonly referred to as Namoe Stella Nyomera (born 26 August 1973) is a female Ugandan politician and social scientist. She belongs to the ruling National Resistance Movement party serving as the District Woman Representative for Napak District in Uganda's 10th Parliament, a positioned she occupied since 2006.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education and background

Stella Namoe Nyomera did her Primary Leaving Examinations in 1987 from Kasimeri Primary School. In 1991, she completed her Uganda Certificate of Education at Kangole Girls S.S.S and was also offered Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education at the same school in 1994. In the 1998, she enrolled and attained a Diploma in Project Planning and Management from Imsat Demtac School of Management, Soroti. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts in democracy and development from Uganda Martyrs University in 2012.[6]

Work history

Her working history is detailed below:[1]

Personal life and additional information

Stella is married and also serves on additional role at the Parliament of Uganda as the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline. Stella is a member of the catholic women council group and comboni missionaries education fund.[1] Namoe Stella Nyomera participated in the MPs sitting on the committee of rules, privileges and discipline who expressed concern over absence of CCTV footage in regard to what transpired between the late Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake and Makerere University Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe. During the meeting, she said that installing cameras in meeting rooms is something Parliament should have done as soon as possible, given the big number of people that come to the House and use the different meeting rooms, being a public institution. She supplemented that it is dangerous not to have those cameras in the committee rooms because this poses a threat to the security of MPs and staff of Parliament since so many people visit the Parliament on a daily basis.[7]

She is mentioned among the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) Round Table Committees as one of the members on Mental Health.[8]

Stella participated in Napak Women demand for answers from MPs on Land where women councilors in Napak district had their legislators to come out clearly and start their position on the contested Constitutional amendment bill 2017 which seeks to provide article 26 of the constitution to provide for the compulsory land acquisition for government projects.[9]

She was part of team on the move by KCCA in partnership, with the district leaders of Napak and other stakeholders, which was meant to have street children repatriated and resettled with their parents in Napak.[10]

Other controversies

She was mentioned among the 50 female Members of the Parliament of Uganda who have spoken less than five times (poor) in two years, according to the Daily Monitor study of the Parliamentary Hansard that keeps track of all the MPs’ contributions to debates. This study focused on the first and second sessions of the 9th Parliament, which ran from May 2011 to May 2013.[11]

Stella was mentioned among the Members of Parliament, the First Lady and minister for Karamoja Affairs, Janet Museveni was upset with for holding meetings with Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi behind her back, to discuss the plight of the country's poorest sub-region.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Parliament of Uganda". Parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Stella Nyomera Namoe". Theyworkforyou.github.io. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Members of UWOPA of 10th Parliament | Uganda Women Parliament Association". Uwopa.or.ug. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  4. ↑ "GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2016" (PDF). Ec.or.ug. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Parliament of Uganda". Parliament/go.ug.
  7. ↑ "MPs frustrated over absence of CCTV footage in Zaake-Nawangwe". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  8. ↑ "Uwopa Round Table Committees | Uganda Women Parliamentary Association". Uwopa.or.ug.
  9. ↑ "Napak Women Demand Answers From MPs On Land". Ugandaradionetwork/net. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  10. ↑ "KCCA to demolish dilapidated street children shelters". Newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  11. ↑ "50 female MPs spoke five times in two years". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  12. ↑ "Museveni mediates between Janet, Mbabazi". Observer.ug. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  13. ↑
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