Ephraim Biraaro

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Ephraim Biraaro Gashanga (born 28 January 1961) is a Ugandan politician and legislator representing Buhweju West constituency, Buhweju District. [1] [2] [3] In the 11th parliament, Biraro serves on the Committee on Equal Opportunities. [4]

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Ephraim Biraro
Honourable Parliament of Uganda
OccupationPolitician
Known forMember of Parliament

Education

He attended Church School at Nyakashaka in 1969 and sat his Primary Leaving Examinations at Nyakitoko primary School in 1979. He went to Burere SS in 1980 and in 1983 Nganwa High School where he sat his Uganda Certificate of Education In 1984, he joined Masaka Secondary School for Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, but the school was disrupted by 1985 war. After National Resistance Army took over, he completed. He joined the Institute of Accountants and Commerce Kampala up to 1987.Between 1988 and 1991 he worked as a licensed teacher. [1]

In 2004, he joined Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi for a bachelor's degree in business and in 2008, he got a master's degree in business administration. [5]

Politics

From 2002 to 2010, he served as Bushenyi district councillor for Burere. Between 2010 and 2011, he served as Buhweju district vice-chairperson. [1]

In 2011, he joined Parliament representing Buhweju, [6] [7] and in 2016 he was won by Francis Mwijukye.

In 2015, he also proposed the curving of Buhweju West constituency from Buhweju County. [8]

In 2020, he announced that he would contest on Buhweju West parliamentary seat before it was created, which he won later in 2021 general elections. [9]

He was one of the demanders for Buhweju to become a district at a time he was a councilor in the district council. [10]

He was manager of Igara, Kayonza and Mabare tea factories before joining active politics. [10]

He is one of modal farmers in Buhweju district who deals in banana plantations, coffee farming and Tea. [5]

He is one of members of Parliament who have showed dissatisfaction on the way Umeme treats the citizens of the Republic of Uganda. [11]

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  4. ↑ "Committee on Equal Opportunities – Parliament Watch" . Retrieved 2023-02-04.
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  7. ↑ "Uganda: Buweju Independents Step Down".
  8. ↑ Eyotaru, Olive. "MPs Split Over More Requests for Creation of Counties". Uganda Radio Network. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  9. ↑ "THREE DECLARE INTEREST TO CONTEST FOR BUHWEJU WEST MP SEAT BEFORE PARLIAMENT PASSES IT". MK Newslink. 2020-06-25. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
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  11. ↑ mbwalatum (2021-11-30). "Parliament to investigate UMEME over unlawful acts". www.parliament.go.ug. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
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