Angelline Osegge
{{short description|Ugandan politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|08|12}}
| birth_place = Soroti
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| alma_mater = Makerere University
{{small|(Bachelor of Arts in Social Science)}}
Uganda Martyrs University
{{small|(Diploma in Microfinance)}}
| occupation = Social Worker, Politician
| years_active = 1995 to present
| nationality = Ugandan
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| known_for = Politics
| title = Member of Parliament for Soroti District Women's Constituency
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| spouse = {{small|(Mr. Osegge)}}
| party = Forum for Democratic Change
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Angelline Asio Osegge, also known as Angelina Osege (born 8 December 1969) is a Ugandan social worker and politician, who serves as the incumbent Member of Parliament representing the Soroti District Women Constituency in the 10th Ugandan Parliament (2016 to 2021).{{cite web | title=Parliament of Uganda: Members of the 10th Parliament: Osegge Asio Angelline | url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=357 | date=6 November 2017 | publisher=Parliament of Uganda | author=Parliament of Uganda | access-date=6 November 2017 | location=Kampala | archive-date=8 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008214016/https://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=357 | url-status=dead }} She is the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee for the Central Government. She belongs to Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).{{cite web|title=Parliament of Uganda: Public Accounts Committee- Central Government| accessdate=8 October 2018 | url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/committee/2727/public-accounts-committee-central-government | date=12 September 2018 |publisher=Parliament of Uganda (POUG) | author=POUG |location=Kampala}}
Background and education
She was born Angelline Asio, on 12 August 1969, in Soroti District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda.{{Cite web|title=Angelline Osegge|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42759362|website=www.wikidata.org|language=en|access-date=2020-05-30}} She attended local schools for her pre-university education. In 1991, she was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science. Later, in 2007, she entered the Uganda Martyrs University, graduating in 2009, with a Diploma in Microfinance. She is married.
Work experience
Prior to joining full-time politics, she worked as a community development employee for World Vision International and later, as Credit Officer at Pride Microfinance Limited, a government-owned microfinance bank serving the lower segments of society, who are not served or are unable to access financial services through Ugandan commercial banks. While there, she rose to the rank of branch manager. From 2006 until 2008, she was the executive director of "Local Enterprise Assistance Programme", a Ugandan non-profit organization.
Political career
Osegge was first elected to the Ugandan parliament in 2011, on the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) political party.{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/katine/2010/oct/20/katine-poltics-primaries |title=Uganda's opposition party wins moral ground in primaries |
date=20 October 2010 | last=Malinga |newspaper=The Guardian |
first=Joseph | accessdate=6 November 2017 | location=London}}{{cite web| url=http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/News/TodaysPaper/NRM-holds-meeting-over-intrigue-in-party/691252-1430422-format-xhtml-8bmsj4/index.html | title=NRM holds meeting over intrigue in party | date=19 June 2012 |
accessdate=6 November 2017 |newspaper=Daily Monitor Mobile
|first=Mercy | last=Nalugo |location=Kampala}} In 2016, she retained her seat in parliament.{{cite web | first=Godfrey | url=http://www.elections.co.ug/new-vision/election/1407725/fdc-osege-retains-flag-soroti | date=9 November 2015 | accessdate=6 November 2017 | newspaper=New Vision | last=Ojore | location=Kampala | title=FDC’s Osege retains flag in Soroti | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005421/http://www.elections.co.ug/new-vision/election/1407725/fdc-osege-retains-flag-soroti | archive-date=7 November 2017 | url-status=dead }} While in parliament, she serves as the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on Public Accounts.{{cite web| accessdate=6 November 2017 |first=Isaac | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/PAC-expels-MP-extortion/688334-3460208-jd5k4a/index.html |title=PAC expels MP over extortion |last=Imaka |
date=21 November 2016 | newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala}} Since September 2016, she is Deputy Chairperson of the African Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (AFROPAC).{{cite web| accessdate=8 October 2018 | url= https://afropac.net/index.php/executive-committee | title=Executive Committee | publisher=African Organisation of Public Accounts Committees}}
Controversy
Osege is an active and vocal member of the opposition in parliament. In August 2013, she was suspended for three days by the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanyah, for "shouting the most", during the passaging of the "Public Order Management Bill".{{cite web| accessdate=6 November 2017 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Parliament-approves-Public-Order-Management-Bill/688334-1939084-21ul8m/index.html | title=Parliament passes Public Order Management Bill |date=6 August 2013 | location=Kampala | newspaper=Daily Monitor | author=Isaac Imaka, Mercy Nalugo and Agencies}} In September 2017, during the introduction of the constitutional amendment to the presidential age limit, Angeline Osege was injured during fighting that broke out in the parliamentary chamber. She was hospitalized as a result of her injuries.{{cite news |title=Parliament goes Chaotic |newspaper=Sunrise |url=http://www.sunrise.ug/news/201709/parliament-goes-chaotic.html |access-date=6 November 2017 |date=29 September 2017 |location=Kampala}}{{cite web |access-date=6 November 2017 |url=https://www.howwe.biz/news/national/17997/mp-collapses-in-parliament-rushed-to-the-hospital |title=MP Collapses in Parliament, Rushed to the Hospital |date=29 September 2017 |website=Howwe.biz}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.parliament.go.ug/ Website of the Parliament of Uganda]
- [https://twitter.com/aaosegge Angelline Osegge on Twitter]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pg/aoseggeofficial/photos/ Angelline Osegge on Facebook]
- [https://ug.linkedin.com/in/angelline-osegge-1a154958?trk=pub-pbmap Angelline Osegge on Linkedin]
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Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of Uganda
Category:Forum for Democratic Change politicians
Category:People from Soroti District
Category:Politicians from Eastern Region, Uganda
Category:21st-century Ugandan women politicians
Category:Uganda Martyrs University alumni