The Sebei are a Southern Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting western Kenya,eastern Uganda,Tanzania,Ethiopia,Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo. They speak Kupsabiny,a Kalenjin language. The Sapiiny occupy three districts,namely Bukwo,Kween and Kapchorwa in Uganda,Transnzoia county,Bungoma county and West Pokot county in Kenya
Rukiya Kulany Chekamondo,sometimes spelled as Rukia Kulany Chekamondo,is a Ugandan educator and politician. She was the State Minister for Privatization in the Ministry of Finance,from June 2006 until May 2011. In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011,she was dropped from the cabinet and replaced by Aston Kajara. She also served as the elected Member of Parliament (MP),for Kapchorwa District Women's Representative,from 2006 until 2011. During the 2011 national elections,she was defeated by the current incumbent MP,Phyllis Chemutai,an Independent politician.
Sam Mangusho Cheptoris is a Ugandan politician. He is the Cabinet Minister of Water and Environment in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016. In 2021 he was elected as member of parliament for Kapchorwa Municipality.
Peruth Chemutai is a Ugandan steeplechase runner. She won the gold medal in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,becoming the first Ugandan woman ever to win an Olympic medal. She added a silver medal in this event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Lawrence Cherop Mangusho is a Ugandan public administrator,farmer and politician. He is the elected member of parliament for Kween County,Kween District,and a representative for National Resistance Movement (NRM),the ruling political party in Uganda. He is a member the NRM Parliamentary Caucus and serves on the Committee on Physical Infrastructure and the Committee on Government Assurances in the 10th Parliament of Uganda.
The Sabaot are one of the nine sub-tribes of the Kalenjin of Kenya and Uganda. The Sabaot in turn are divided into six sub-tribes largely identified by their dialects. These dialects of the Sabaot language are the Pok,Somek,Mosop,Koony,Bong'omek and Sabiny. Being resident around Mount Elgon,the original homeland of most Kalenjin,the Sabaot are seen as the keepers of the authentic Kalenjin tradition. They and the area they inhabit are often referred to as Kapkugo by other Kalenjin.
Everlyn Chemutai is a Ugandan accountant and legislator. She has been the woman Representative member of the Parliament of Uganda for the Bukwo District since 2016. She is affiliated with the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
Aisha Sekindi is a Ugandan educator and legislator. As of February 2022,she serves as Uganda's Minister of State for Water and the woman representative for Kalungu district in Uganda's eleventh parliament. She replaced Hon. Ronald Kibuule who handed over the office in July 2021. She held the same position in Uganda's tenth parliament. Politically,she is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement under whose ticket she contested in the 2016 general election,achieving victory over Aisha Naluyati Waligo of the Democratic Party Uganda (DP).
Harriet Businge is a Ugandan professional teacher,politician and legislator.
Jacinta Athieno Ayo is a Ugandan politician and member of the parliament. She was elected as a woman Member of Parliament to represent Tororo district during the 2021 Uganda general elections after defeating Sarah Achieng Opendi.
Zomura Manezo is a Ugandan politician and member of the parliament. She was elected in office as a woman Member to represent Obongi district located in the Northern part of Uganda during the 2021 Uganda general elections.
Judith Peace Achan(born 23 April 1983) is a Ugandan politician and member of the parliament. She was elected in office as a woman Member to represent Nwoya district during the 2021 Uganda general elections.
Susan Jolly Abeja is a Ugandan politician and member of the parliament. She was elected in office as a woman Member to represent Otuke district during the 2021 Uganda general elections.
Agnes Acibu is a Ugandan politician and member of the parliament. She was elected in office as a woman Member to represent Nebbi district during the 2021 Uganda general elections.
Sarah Kayagi Netalisile is a Ugandan politician and member of the parliament. She was elected in office as a woman Member to represent Namisindwa district located in the Eastern part of Uganda during the 2021 Uganda general elections.
Lydia Chekwel is a Ugandan politician and teacher representing Kween District as the district woman member of Parliament in the 9th and 10th Parliament of Uganda. She stood as an independent politician in the 10th Parliament of Uganda. However,in the 9th Parliament,she was affiliated to the National Resistance Movement political party.
Gertrude Kulany was a Ugandan legislator,politician,and anti-female genital mutilation activist. Kulany served in the Constituent Assembly in 1994,and later represented Kapchorwa District as a Woman Member of Parliament between 2001 and 2006 in Uganda's seventh parliament.
Jane Frances Kuka is a Ugandan educator,anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) activist,politician and former Member of Parliament for Kapchorwa in Uganda's sixth parliament (1996–2001) and was replaced by Gertrude Kulany. She was the Minister of State for Gender and Development from 1996 to 1998,a State Minister for Disaster Preparedness in 1999 and later appointed Resident District Commissioner for Kapchorwa District in 2007 replacing Tezira Jamwa.
Gerald Nangoli is a Ugandan legislator and member of parliament for Elgon North County in Bulambuli District in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda. He is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement (NRM). In the 11th parliament,Nangoli serves on the Committee on Finance,Planning and Economic Development.
Rose emma Cherukut is a Ugandan politician and legislator. She represents the people of Kween district as district woman MP in the parliament of Uganda. She is a member of National Resistance Movement (NRM) a party under the chairmanship of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni president of the republic of Uganda.
