Sarah Kanyike

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| birth_place = Uganda

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| alma_mater =Makerere University
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| occupation = Politician

| years_active = 2001 — present

| nationality = Ugandan

| citizenship = Uganda

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| title = State Minister for the Elderly and the Disabled

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Sarah Kanyike is a Ugandan politician, wo was appointed State Minister for the Elderly and the Disabled on 24 July 2020.{{cite web|newspaper=Daily Monitor | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kanyike-now-appointed-State-minister-Disability/688334-5598400-4o9qh7z/index.html |title=Kanyike now appointed State minister for Disability |date=24 July 2020 |access-date=24 July 2020 |

author=James Kabengwa |location=Kampala}} Before that, she was the Deputy Lord Mayor of the city of Kampala, Uganda, the capital and largest metropolitan area in the country. She was appointed to that position on 16 June 2016.{{cite web|

url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1427110/sarah-kanyike-named-deputy-lord-mayor|title=Sarah Kanyike named Deputy Lord Mayor |date=16 June 2016 |access-date=24 July 2020 | newspaper=New Vision |location=Kampala |author=Newvision Reporter}} While serving as Deputy Lord Mayor, she concurrently represented Makindye East in the Kampala Capital City Authority Council.{{cite web|title=Sarah Kanyike appointed as Kampala Deputy Lord Mayor | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Lukwago-appoints--Kanyike-as-Kampala-Deputy-Lord-Mayor/-/688334/3252178/-/15l2tjv/-/index.html |date=16 June 2016 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |access-date=24 July 2020 |

author=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala}}

==Background and education==

Kanyike attended Kibuli Secondary School, before joining Makerere University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree. She is a Muslim and wears Islamic clothing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/lifestyle/reviews-profiles/kanyike-s-journey-to-deputy-lord-mayor-job-1695408|title = Kanyike's journey to Deputy Lord Mayor job}}

Work experience

During the 2011 to 2016 political season, Sarah Kanyike served as the personal assistant to Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago. She also represented Makindye East in the KCCA Council from 2011 to 2016. In the past, she served as councilor for Makindye East while John Ssebaana Kizito was mayor, between 1998 and 2006. She has once unsuccessfully contested for the Makindye East Parliamentary seat.{{cite web|date=16 June 2016 | url=http://capitalradio.co.ug/sarah-kanyike-appointed-new-city-deputy-lord-mayor/ |title=Sarah Kanyike appointed new City deputy Lord Mayor |publisher=Uganda Capital Radio |author=Annah Nafula | access-date=24 July 2020 |location=Kampala}}

In June 2020, President Yoweri Museveni nominated Sarah Kanyike as the Director of gender at KCCA. Erias Lukwago, the Kampala Lord Mayor gave her three days to make up her mind; either take up the state appointment or stay as Deputy Lord Mayor. Kanyike chose to resign as Deputy Lord Mayor and Lukwago appointed Doreen Nyanjura as her replacement.{{cite web|publisher=SoftPower Uganda |date=24 July 2020 | url=https://www.softpower.ug/museveni-now-appoints-former-lukwago-deputy-sarah-kanyike-as-minister-for-elderly/ | title=Museveni Now Appoints Former Lukwago Deputy Sarah Kanyike As Minister For Elderly |access-date=24 July 2020 |

author=SoftPower |location=Kampala}}{{cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Lukwago-names-Doreen-Nyanjura-as-Kampala-s-new-deputy-Lord-Mayor/688334-5578762-tr6i8sz/index.html |title=Lukwago replaces Kanyike with Doreen Nyanjura as Kampala deputy Lord Mayor |date=18 June 2020 |

newspaper=Daily Monitor |author=Alex Esagala and James Kabengwa |access-date=24 July 2020 |location=Kampala}}

On 24 July 2020, the president re-directed that Kanyike be appointed to the cabinet docket of State Minister for the Elderly and Disability, which had been vacant. Reliable sources also disclosed that for one to become a director at Kampala Capital City Authority, one must possess a Master's degree. Kanyike only has a Bachelor's degree. Her appointment to cabinet was vetted by the Ugandan Parliament.{{cite web|publisher=PML Daily News | url=https://www.pmldaily.com/news/2020/07/exclusive-why-museveni-switched-sarah-kanyike-from-kcca-director-job-to-state-minister-for-elderly.html |title=Exclusive! Why Museveni switched Sarah Kanyike from KCCA director job to State minister for Elderly | date=24 July 2020 |author=Conrad Ahabwe |access-date=24 July 2020 |location=Kampala}}