Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga
{{short description|Ugandan Legislator}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga
| image = Katwesigye Oliver Koyekyanga.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|11|14}}
| birth_place = Uganda
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| education = Butare Senior Secondary School
Lugogo Hall Centre
| alma_mater = Makerere University
{{small|(Bachelor in International Business)}}
| occupation = Politician, businesswoman
| years_active = 2007–present
| employer = Coyetee
Hoopoe Tours and Travel, Kampala
Buhweju District
Parliament of Uganda
| nationality = Ugandan
| citizenship = Uganda
| known_for = Politics
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| title = Member of Parliament
Buhweju District Women's Constituency
| party = National Resistance Movement
| otherparty = Independent
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Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga (born on 14 November 1975{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=198|title=Katwesigye Oliver Koyekyenga|last=|first=|date=|website=Parliament of Uganda|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 April 2020}}) is a Ugandan businesswoman and legislator. As of April 2020, she is currently serving as the elected woman representative for Buhweju district in Uganda's tenth parliament.{{Cite web|url=https://observer.ug/news/headlines/51048-wolokoso-mp-mbwa-barks-over-lunch|title=Wolokoso: MP Mbwa barks over lunch|last=|first=|date=|website=The Observer - Uganda|language=en-gb|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 April 2020}} She represented the same constituency in Uganda's ninth parliament as a member of the National Resistance Movement. She then contested as an independent candidate in the 2016 general elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ec.or.ug/sites/default/files/docs/Gazette%20List%20Elected%20MPs%202016.pdf|title=Gazette List of Elected MPs 2016|last=Electoral Commission, Uganda|date=13 April 2016|website=Electoral Commission of Uganda|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 April 2020}}
Background and education
Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga achieved her O Levels (Uganda Certificate of Education) at Butare Senior Secondary School in 1995 before sitting for her A Levels (Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education) at the Lugogo Hall Centre in 2006. She also holds a bachelor's degree in International Business from Makerere University which she obtained in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/NRM-s-Oliver-is-Buhweju-Woman-MP/688334-2056500-una3tk/index.html|title=NRM's Oliver is Buhweju Woman MP|last=|first=|date=|website=Daily Monitor|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 April 2020}}
Career
Between 2007 and 2009, Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga worked as an Operations Manager at Coyetee then as a Customer Relations Manager at Hoopoe Tours and Travel, Kampala from 2009 to 2013.
Upon the death in 2013 of Joy Arinaitwe Kariisa,{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1330827/buhweju-woman-mp-joy-kariisa-dead|title=Buhweju Woman MP, Joy Kariisa dead|last=|first=|date=|website=New Vision|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-16}} the then woman member of parliament for Buhweju District, Oliver Koyekyenga contested for the seat on the National Resistance Movement ticket{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/11-eye-Buhweju-Woman-MP-seat/688334-2000746-8uhric/index.html|title=11 eye Buhweju Woman MP seat|last=Tumushabe|first=Alfred|date=21 September 2013|website=The Daily Monitor|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/3-cleared-for-Buhweju-Woman-MP-election/688334-2030864-9f49xcz/index.html|title=3 cleared for Buhweju Woman MP election|last=|first=|date=|website=Daily Monitor|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 April 2020}} achieving victory over Jane Frida Bwiruka.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1334211/electoral-commission-hailed-buhweju-polls|title=Electoral Commission hailed on Buhweju polls|last=|first=|date=|website=New Vision|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 April 2020}}{{Cite web |date=2015-06-09 |title=Buhweju district Woman MP discharged in healthy condition |url=https://www.kfm.co.ug/news/buhweju-district-woman-mp-discharged-in-healthy-condition.html |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=93.3 KFM |language=en-US}}
She contested as an independent candidate in the 2016 general election to retain the seat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Lumumba-faults-NRM-leaders-division/688334-3819676-4lg1hgz/index.html|title=Lumumba faults NRM leaders over division|last=|first=|date=|website=Daily Monitor|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 April 2020}} She sits on at least 2 Parliamentary committees.
References
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Category:Makerere University alumni
Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of Uganda
Category:Women members of the Parliament of Uganda
Category:National Resistance Movement politicians
Category:21st-century Ugandan women politicians