Achia Remegio (born 27 December 1970) is a Ugandan politician, economist and statistician.[1] He has been a member of Parliament under the National Resistance Movement representing Pian County, Nabilatuk District from 2006 to the present.[2][3][4]
He attended St. Mary's Seminary Nadiket, Moroto, Uganda for his secondary school diploma. Between 1986 and 1990, he joined Makerere University and graduated with a Bachelor of Statistics and Applied Economics.[1]
Career background
He served as the Technical Consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations between November 1999 to May 2005.[1] From May 2011 to date, he has served as the Deputy Chairman of the Budget Committee at the Parliament of Uganda.[1] From April 2006 to date, he has been a Member of the Parliament of Uganda with duties such as resource allocation evaluation, Budget analysis, and goal-oriented budget implementation.[1] He was the Deputy Chairman of the National Economy Committee between May 2006 and July 2009.[1]
Remigio Achia is currently the chairperson of the Karamoja Parliamentary Caucus.[1][5] He criticized the UPDF for criminalizing the entire region and this attitude has resulted in the loss of over 3,000 law-abiding citizens, as well as thousands of children who have been forced into destitution on the streets or in urban centres.[5]
Controversies
In May 2013, he was arrested for driving while drinking.[1] He was harassed for hastily trespassing through a restaurant in Wandegeya despite the written note on the gate.[6]
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