Safia Juuko Nalule

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Safia Juuko Nalule
Born (1966-03-15) 15 March 1966 (age 57)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma mater Makerere University
(Bachelor's degree)
Law Development Centre
(Dip. Law. Pract)
Makerere University
(Master of Arts in Human Rights)
OccupationLegislator
Years active1990–present
Known forPolitics
TitleMember of Parliament
Central Region,Uganda

Safia Juuko Nalule (born 15 March 1966 [1] ) is a Ugandan Disability Rights activist ,politician and legislator who served as the elected woman representative for People with Disabilities, Central Region, Uganda in Uganda's tenth parliament. [2] In April 2021, she was appointed Chairperson of Uganda Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC). [3] Politically, she is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement [4] under whose ticket she contested in the 2016 general elections. [2]

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Background and education

According to the Equal Opportunities Commission website, Nalule was born in Mawokota, Mpigi District to the late Mr. Lule Moses and Mrs. Nanyonga Jane Lule [5]

Nalule obtained a bachelor's degree from Makerere University in 1990 and thereafter a Certificate in Business Management Training from the International Labour Organisation / Federation of Uganda Employers in 1991. In 1996, she obtained two certificates – a Certificate in Leadership for Women from ESAMI and a Certificate in Leadership and Microfinance Management from Mobility International USA (MIUSA). She followed that up with a Diploma in Law from the Law Development Centre in 2006 and later a Master of Arts in Human Rights from Makerere University in 2016. [1]

Career

Nalule has been a legislator since 2006, sitting in the eighth and ninth parliaments of Uganda. As of 2020, she was named a commissioner on the Parliamentary Commission. [6] [7]

Prior to that, between 2005 and 2006, she served as a Commissioner with the Constitutional Review Commission under the Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. She was also a Councillor with the then Kampala City Council between 1997 and 2006. From 1996 to 2005, she worked as the Executive Director of Disabled Women Network and Resource Organisation in Uganda (DWNRO).

She has served as board member on the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) from 2015 to date, and for the Uganda Women's Network (UWONET) between 1990 and 1997.

In 2017, she was the chairperson of the Human Rights Committee. [8] As a female legislator in the tenth parliament of Uganda, she was a member of Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) [9] as well as vice chairperson on the Appointments Committee. She is listed as a member of the Committee on East African Community Affairs. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nalule Juuko Safia". Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 Electoral Commission (13 April 2016). "General Parliamentary Elections 2016 Gazette List" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Uganda. Retrieved 17 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Reporter, Our (16 April 2021). "Sylvia Ntambi dropped as Museveni names Safia Nalule as new EOC Boss". Daily Express News. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ↑ National Resistance Movement (1 January 2017). "NRM Parliamentary Caucus". National Resistance Movement. Retrieved 17 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON | EOC -UGANDA". THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION - EOC. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Parliamentary Commission". Parliament of the Republic of Uganda. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Parliament Gets Two New Backbench Commissioners". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 17 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "The Human Rights Committee of Parliament meets the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) over recommendations made in the 18th Report of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC)". Equal Opportunities Commission. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "Members of UWOPA of 10th Parliament". Uganda Women Parliament Association. Retrieved 17 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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