Rose Emma Cherukut

Rose Emma Cherukut
Nationality	Ugandan
Citizenship	Uganda
Occupation(s)	Politician and legislator
Employer(s)	Kapchorwa district Kween district Parliament of Uganda
Known for	Politics
Title	Member of Parliament
Political party	National Resistance Movement (NRM)
Relatives	Lydia Chekwel

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. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Career

Cherukut is a former Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for Kapchorwa district. ^{[6] [7] [8]} She started her political carrier in 2011 along side her aunt chekwel Lydia but lost the seat to her aunt ,she contested again in 2015 NRM party primaries which she won but lost the final election in 2016 general polls to her aunt who after losing in primaries decided to run as independent candidate she came to parliament in 2021 after winning the MP seat with 19,479 votes against her same aunt Chekwel Lydia who garnered 13,550 votes in 2021 general polls.she was appointed as the RDC for kapchorwa after the 2016 polls by his Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

Controversy

Cherukut was accused of high handedness when one of her body guards while she was still RDC in Kapchorwa shot dead a 14 year old girl while trying to disperse drunkards who had violated Covid 19 curfew rules. ^{[9] [10]}

References

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2. "110 pictures of second day of new MPs swearing-in". Bukedde. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
3. "Here is the list of 132 MPs expected to be sworn in today". Matooke Republic. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
4. Tushabe, Nasa (2021-01-18). "Full List of Winners and Losers of 2021 Member of Parliament Elections". The Pearl Post. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
5. "Cherukut Rose Emma - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
6. "FULL LIST: Museveni Reshuffles RDCs". www.howwebiz.ug. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
7. "Appointment of Resident District Commissioners and their Deputies | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni". www.yowerikmuseveni.com. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
8. "Museveni appoints RDCs, Deputies again". Nile Post. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
9. Writer, Secondopinion (2020-04-07). "RDC's army bodyguard arrested for shooting 14-year old in battle with drunkards". THE SECOND OPINION. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
10. "Curfew: 14 year old girl shot in Kapchorwa". The Independent Uganda. 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-07.