Peace Kusasira

{{Infobox person

| name = Peace Kusasira

| image = Kusasira Peace Kanyesigye Mubiru.jpg

| other_names = Kanyesigye Mubiru

| birth_date = 27 February 1962

| nationality = Ugandan

| citizenship = Ugandan

| education = Bugamba Boys Primary School
Bweranyangi Girls S.S
St Mary's Namagunga S.S
Makerere University

| occupation = Politician and Social Worker

| employer = PAPCO Industries, Jinja
National Organization of Trade Unions
Pasip Tribute Junior School
Parliament of Uganda

| known_for = Politics

| party = National Resistance Movement

| spouse = Mubiru Kusasira

}}

Peace Kusasira also referred to as Kusasira Peace Kanyesigye Mubiru (born 27 February 1962) is a female Ugandan politician and social worker.{{Cite web|title=Parliament of Uganda|url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=279|access-date=3 April 2021|website=www.parliament.go.ug}}{{Cite web|title=KUSASIRA PEACE KANYESIGYE MUBIRU|url=https://nrm.co.ug/staff/kusasira-peace-kanyesigye-mubiru/|access-date=3 April 2021|website=NRM – NETTECH RELIABLE MEDIA|language=en-US}} She is the district woman representative of Mukono District under the National Resistance Movement political party. She served as the MP in the tenth, and ninth parliament and lost in the 2021–2026 elections.{{Cite web|date=8 September 2020|title=NRM electoral commission chairperson dismisses Rwampara registrar|url=https://www.independent.co.ug/nrm-electoral-commission-chairperson-dismisses-rwampara-registrar/|access-date=3 April 2021|website=The Independent Uganda|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=PEACE KUSASIRA , Aspiring Woman MP 2021–2026, RWAMPARA CONSTITUENCY|url=http://www.ugandadecides.com/aspirant.php?profile=987|access-date=3 April 2021|website=www.ugandadecides.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Losers in NRM polls vow to return as independents|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/losers-in-nrm-polls-vow-to-return-as-independents-1934442|access-date=3 April 2021|website=Daily Monitor|language=en}} In the ninth parliament, Peace Kusasira, took the seat from outgoing MP, Margaret Nalugo (who moved to Mukono South and lost to Bakaluba Mukasa).{{Cite web|last=Mugalu|first=Moses|title=Mukono looks to new faces|url=https://www.observer.ug/news-headlines/12826-mukono-looks-to-new-faces|access-date=3 April 2021|website=The Observer – Uganda|language=en-gb}}

Education background

In 1975, she completed her Primary Leaving Examinations from Bugamba Boys Primary School.

In 1980, she joined Bweranyangi Girls S.S for Uganda Certificate of Education.

In 1982, she obtained Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from St Mary's Namagunga S.S and later joined Makerere University for Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration in 1986.

Career

Between 1986 and 1989, she was the Personnel Administrator at PAPCO Industries, Jinja.

From 1992 to 2000, she was employed as the Director for Women and Youth at National Organization of Trade Unions.

From 2001 to 2011, she was the Director at Pasip Tribute Junior School.

Political career

From 2011 to 2021, she was the Member of Parliament at the Parliament of Uganda.

She served on additional role as the Member on Committee on HIV/AIDS & Related Disease and Committee on Agriculture. She sits on the UWOPA Round Table Committees.{{Cite web|title=Uwopa Round Table Committees {{!}} Uganda Women Parliamentary Association|url=http://uwopa.or.ug/page/uwopa-round-table-committees|access-date=3 April 2021|website=uwopa.or.ug}}

Personal life

She is married to Mubiru Kusasira with three children. Her hobbies are listening to religious music and farming. She has special interests in mobilizing people for poverty eradication.