Xavier Kyooma
{{short description|Ugandan politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Honourable
| name = Xavier Kyooma Akampurira
| image = Kyooma Xavier Akampurira 2.jpg
| caption = Kyooma in 2011
| office1 = Member of the Parliament of Uganda
| constituency1 = Ibanda County North
| predecessor1 = Guma Gumisiriza David
| successor1 =
| term_start1 = 24 May 2021
| term_end1 =
| office2 = Member of the Parliament of Uganda
| constituency2 = Ibanda County North
| predecessor2 = Guma Gumisiriza David
| successor2 = Guma Gumisiriza David
| term_start2 = May 19, 2011
| term_end2 = May 11, 2016
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Uganda
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = National Resistance Movement
}}
Xavier Kyooma Akampurira is a Ugandan politician who serves as an MP of Uganda.{{Cite web |title=Hon. Xavier Kyooma Akampurira , Aspiring Mp 2021-2026, Ibanda North |url=https://ugandadecides.essap.co.za/aspirant.php?profile=215 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.ugandadecides.com |language=en}}
Political positions
Kyooma proposed mandatory HIV testing in prisons and to separate HIV positive inmates from negative inmates to combat the HIV epidemic.{{Cite web |title=MPs moot plan to curb spread of HIV/AIDs in prisons {{!}} Pulse Uganda |url=https://www.pulse.ug/articles/news/mps-moot-plan-to-curb-spread-of-hivaids-in-prisons-2024073110025411743 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.pulse.ug |language=en}} He was appointed chairman of a committee to investigate Monica Musenero over alleged misuse of funds allocated for COVID-19 vaccine research.{{Cite web |title=Members of Parliament Follow Up on Vaccine Investigations {{!}} Uganda Virus Research Institute |url=https://uvri.go.ug/news/members-parliament-follow-vaccine-investigations |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=uvri.go.ug}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-10 |title=Parliament names select committee to investigate Dr Musenero |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/parliament-names-select-committee-to-investigate-dr-musenero/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The Independent Uganda |language=en-US}}
Electoral history
Kyooma was elected to the 9th parliament in 2011, but was not elected to the 10th parliament. He was elected to the 11th parliament in 2021.{{Cite web |title=opening of Kanyarugiri Town Council {{!}} IBANDA DISTRICT |url=https://ibanda.go.ug/opening-kanyarugiri-town-council |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=ibanda.go.ug}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:National Resistance Movement politicians
Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of Uganda
Category:Members of the 11th Parliament of Uganda