Davinia Esther Anyakun

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Davinia Esther Anyakun
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Davinia Anyakun

(1976-04-19) 19 April 1976 (age 48)
Nationality Ugandan
EducationNkoyoyo Boarding Primary School
Kangole Senior Secondary School
Mbale Secondary School
Alma materMakerere Institute of Social Development
(Diploma in Social Work and Social Administration)
Uganda Christian University
(Diploma in Health Administration)
Nkumba University
(Bachelors in Procurement and Logistics)
Eastern and Southern African Management Institute
(Executive MBA)
Occupation(s)Social worker and politician
Years active2004 – present
Known forPolitics, social works
Children1
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Davinia Esther Anyakun (born 19 April 1976) is a female Ugandan politician and a procurement and logistics professional. She has been the woman Member of Parliament for Nakapiripirit District since 2016, on the ruling National Resistance Movement political party ticket. [1]

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Anyakun was first elected to the 10th Parliament (2016-2021). She was re-elected in February 2021, to the 11th Parliament (2021-2026). She was appointed Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, in the Office of the Prime Minister, in June 2021. [2]

In a cabinet reshuffle in March 2024, she was transferred to the Ministry of Labour as the State Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations. [3]

Background and education

She was born on 19 April 1976 in Nakapiripirit District in the Karamoja sub-region, in the Northern Region of Uganda. She attended Nkoyoyo Boarding Primary School and successfully completed her Primary Leaving Examinations in 1991. She then attended Kangole Senior Secondary School where she obtained her Uganda Certificate of Education in 1995. She then transferred to Mbale Secondary School where in 1999, she graduated with the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education or A-Level certificate (equivalent to a High School Diploma).

Three years later, "Makerere Institute for Social Development" awarded her a Diploma in Social Work and Social Administration. She then obtained a Diploma in Health Administration from the Uganda Christian University in Mukono. In 2009, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in procurement and logistics from Nkumba University. Later, she graduated from the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) with an Executive MBA degree.

Early career

Anyukan started her formal work from Amudat Hospital in 2004 as a senior hospital administrator which she did till 2010. In 2010 she joined the International Organization for Migration as a project officer. In 2013 she started working with Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance and the United States Agency for International Development as a regional coordinator until 2015. In 2016 she was elected to the Parliament of Uganda for Nakapiripit District. [4]

Political career

Anyakun is the woman Member of Parliament for Nakapiripiriti District. She entered the Parliament of Uganda in May 2016 running on the National Resistance Movement party ticket. In Parliament, she serves or served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. [5] She is also a member of the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA). [6]

Personal life

Anyakun is the mother of one daughter, Challa Elma Kapel, who was crowned Miss Tourism Uganda in 2017. [7]

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