Evelyn Kaabule
{{Short description|Ugandan accountant & politician (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Evelyn Kaabule
| image = Kaabule, Evelyn Naome Mpagi N.jpg
| caption = Woman Representative - Luuka District
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|7|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Luuka, Uganda
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Makerere University
(Bachelor of Arts)
College of Professional Management, UK
(Diploma in Business Administration)
Uganda Management Institute
(Masters of Science), (Diploma in Human Resources Management)
| occupation = Human Resource Management Consultant and Politician
| years_active = 1988 – present
| known_for = Human Resource Management Consultant and Politician
| title = Honorable Member of Parliament
}}
Kaabule Evelyn Naome Mpagi (born 1 July 1966){{citation needed|date=July 2015}} is a Ugandan human resource management consultant and politician. She is a former Member of Parliament, having served as the first Women's Representative for Luuka District in Uganda's 9th Parliament, after the district was created by an act of parliament and became functional on 1 July 2010. She served in this role until 2016 when she was defeated by Esther Mbulakubuza Mbayo in the 2016 general election.{{Cite web| url=http://www.ec.or.ug/docs/Report%20on%20the%202015-2016%20General%20Elections.pdf|title=2015/2016 General Elections Report|date=August 2016|website=Electoral Commission|access-date=22 May 2017}} Then a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), she served on three parliamentary committees during her time in Parliament: the Public Accounts Committee, the Committee on Social Services, and the Presidential Affairs Committee. Having been defeated by Mbayo in the NRM primary, she ran on an independent ticket in the 2016 election cycle.
Background
Kaabule was born in Luuka District.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} A musoga by tribe, she was born in an Anglican family. She converted to a Born Again Christian while at Makerere University.{{cite web | url=http://mak.ac.ug/about-makerere/historical-background | title=Historical Background of Makerere University | last=MUK | publisher=Makerere University, Kampala (MUK) | accessdate=19 December 2014 | archive-date=22 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322080552/https://www.mak.ac.ug/about-makerere/historical-background | url-status=dead }}
Education
Kaabule attended Trinity College Nabbingo for her middle and high school education. She graduated from Makerere University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences. In 1998, she obtained her Diploma in Business Administration from the [http://www.copm.org.uk College of Professional Management UK]. Her Diploma in Human Resource Management was obtained in 2003 from the Uganda Management Institute (UMI). In 2010, she graduated from UMI with a Master of Science in Human Resource Management.{{cite web
|url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=620.000000&const=Woman+Representative&dist_id=99.000000&distname=Luuka | title=Profile of Kaabule Evelyn Naome Mpagi | date=2011 | accessdate=19 December 2014 | last=Uganda Parliament | publisher=Parliament of Uganda}}{{Cite web|url=https://observer.ug/news-headlines/34317--mps-education-sparks-debate|title=MPs' education sparks debate|last=Kaaya|first=Sadab Kitatta|website=The Observer – Uganda|language=en-gb|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322080536/https://observer.ug/news-headlines/34317--mps-education-sparks-debate|url-status=dead}}
Current
As of 2019, Evelyn Kaabule is serving as the Vice President of African Parliamentarians' Network on Development Evaluation (APNODE).{{Cite web|url=https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/african-parliamentarians-network-on-development-evaluation-gains-momentum-17194/|title=African Parliamentarians' Network on Development Evaluation Gains Momentum|website=African Development Bank|language=en|access-date=1 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.evalpartners.org/news/2019/05/translating-commitments-into-actions-engagement-of-the-parliament-of-tanzania-in-the|title=Translating commitments into actions – Engagement of the Parliament of Tanzania in the development of a National Evaluation Policy {{!}} EvalPartners|website=www.evalpartners.org|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601100657/https://www.evalpartners.org/news/2019/05/translating-commitments-into-actions-engagement-of-the-parliament-of-tanzania-in-the|url-status=dead}}
Awards and recognition
In 2016, Evelyn Kaabule was listed as one of the Members of Parliament that was to be awarded a Golden Jubilee Medal{{Cite web|url=https://eagle.co.ug/2016/09/22/besigye-byanyimas-generals-oyite-ojok-rwigyema-parliament-medal-list.html|title=Besigye, Byanyimas, Generals Oyite Ojok and Rwigyema on all-Parliament medal list|last=Mwesigye|first=Julius|date=22 September 2016|website=Eagle Online|language=en-GB|access-date=1 June 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160527141255/http://www.parliament.go.ug/new/index.php/members-of-parliament/members-of-parliament List of Uganda's Members of Parliament 2011]
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Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of Uganda
Category:National Resistance Movement politicians
Category:People from Eastern Region, Uganda