Lydia Chekwel
{{Short description|Ugandan politician and teacher}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lydia Chekwel
| image = Chekwel Lydia.jpg
| birth_date = 16 August 1964
| nationality = Ugandan
| citizenship = Ugandan
| education = Moyok Primary School
St Elizabeth Senior Secondary School, Kidetok
Institute of Teacher Education Kyambogo
Kyambogo University
| occupation = Politician
teacher
| employer = Chemwania Primary School
Kapchorwa Primary Teachers College
Parliament of Uganda
| known_for = Politics
| successor = Rose Emma Cherukut
| party = Independent politician
National Resistance Movement
| spouse = Alfred Barteka
}}
Lydia Chekwel (born 16 August 1964) is a Ugandan politician and teacher representing Kween District as the district woman member of Parliament in the 9th and 10th Parliament of Uganda.{{Cite web|title=Parliament of Uganda|url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=25|access-date=1 April 2021|website=www.parliament.go.ug}}{{Cite web|date=30 November 2018|title=Parliament seeks to ban pyramid schemes|url=https://www.independent.co.ug/parliament-seeks-to-ban-pyramid-schemes/|access-date=1 April 2021|website=The Independent Uganda|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=20 March 2020|title=MPs Furious Over 'Unbalanced' List of Foreign Scholarship Beneficiaries|url=https://chimpreports.com/mps-furious-over-unbalanced-list-of-foreign-scholarship-beneficiaries/|access-date=1 April 2021|website=ChimpReports|language=en-US}} She stood as an independent politician in the 10th Parliament of Uganda. However, in the 9th Parliament, she was affiliated to the National Resistance Movement political party.
Education
In 1976, she completed her Primary Leaving Examinations from Moyok Primary School. In 1981, she attained a Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from St Elizabeth Senior Secondary School, Kidetok. In 1988, she was awarded a Primary Teachers' Certificate from Institute of Teacher Education Kyambogo and later returned to Institute of Teacher Education Kyambogo for a Diploma in Teacher Education in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a bachelor's degree in education from Kyambogo University.
Career life before joining politics
Political career
From 2011 to date, she was the Member of Parliament at the Parliament of Uganda. She served on the professional body as a member of Red Cross and a full member of Teachers Association. She also served on additional roles at the Parliament of Uganda on the Committee on Human Rights and Committee on Education and Sports. She is a Member of UWOPA of 10th Parliament.{{Cite web|title=Members of UWOPA of 10th Parliament {{!}} Uganda Women Parliamentary Association|url=http://uwopa.or.ug/content/members-uwopa-10th-parliament|access-date=1 April 2021|website=uwopa.or.ug}}
Lydia Chekwel, the incumbent Woman MP, since 2011 is battling her niece, Rose Emma Cherukut, who is popularly known as Pakalast, the former Kapchorwa Resident District Commissioner (RDC).{{Cite web|title=It is a family affair for Kween Woman MP seat|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/it-is-a-family-affair-for-kween-woman-mp-seat-3023002|access-date=1 April 2021|website=Daily Monitor|language=en}} In the 2021 elections, Chekwel decided to run as an Independent again after losing to Cherukut in the party primaries. Cherukut got 19,004 votes while Chekwel scored 15,041 votes.
Personal life
She is Married to Alfred Barteka, the brother of Andrew Yesho, who is Ms Cherukut's father. Lydia's hobbies are working with women and children, reading papers and adventuring. She has special interests in guidance and counseling women and youth, organizing and helping women and youth, supporting communities construct schools and churches/mosques.
See also
External links
- [https://www.parliament.go.ug/ Website of the Parliament of Uganda]
- [https://m.facebook.com/Hon-Lydia-Chekwel-344608759064946/ Hon. Lydia Chekwel on Facebook]
- [http://uwopa.or.ug/ Website of UWOPA]