Silas Aogon

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Silas Aogon (born 17 November 1976) is a male Ugandan Accountant and Member of Parliament of Kumi Municipality, Kumi District. [1] [2] [3] He has served in the tenth and eleventh Parliament of Uganda as an independent politician. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Education background

In 1991, he completed his Primary Leaving Examination from Kumi Primary School and later joined Wiggins Secondary School in 1995 to pursue his Uganda Certificate of Education. [1] He was awarded a Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education in 1998 from Elgon High School - Mbale. [1] Silas holds a Diploma of Stores Management from Makerere University Business School (2000) and a Certified Public Accountant of Uganda from ICPAU (2013). [1]

Career before politics

Before joining the Parliament of Uganda as a Member of Parliament, Silas was employed as an Accounts Assistant (2006-2009), Stores Assistant (2006) and Senior Accounts Assistant (2009-2015) at Bukedea District Local Government. [1] He also worked at Kumi District Local Government as the Stores Assistant in the year 2002 and 2006. [1] [8]

Political career

He has been the Member of Parliament at the Parliament of Uganda from 2016 to date in the tenth and eleventh Parliament of Uganda. [1]

He serves on the Professional body as an associate at ICPAU. [1] He is the member of the Public Accounts Committee and Committee on Natural Resources. [1] [9] He is the UWOPA Associate Member. [10]

He was among the 4 MPs from Teso Sub-region who vowed to go on strike if government failed to evenly distribute food. [11] During the COVID-19 outbreak, he said that many Ugandans are facing economic hardships due to closure of businesses and urged the government to open the country so that people can trade. [12]

Personal life

He is married. [1] His hobbies are watching football, travelling, playing pool and reading newspapers. [1] He is interested in counselling and fundraising. [1] Before joining politics, he used to be a master of ceremonies (MC) and events manager at various functions. [1] [8] He is a member of the Parliamentary Forum on Social Protection which specifically deals with issues of the elderly. [8]

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  2. ↑ "Kumi health centre IV theatre lies idle 10 years after construction". Nile Post. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  3. ↑ Independent, The (2020-10-30). "Teso clergy help candidates to make peace before campaigns". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  4. ↑ "Aogon Silas - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  5. ↑ "Government spent money on speculation, there are no locusts in Kumi; every coin must be accounted for – Silas Aogon, MP Kumi Municipality". Matooke Republic. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  6. ↑ "Aogon Silas - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  7. ↑ "Silas Aogon". theyworkforyou.github.io. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  8. 1 2 3 NAMULOKI, JOSEPHINE. "Aogon: I will not let down youth, women and elderly". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  9. ↑ "Hon. Aogon Silas". MPScan Uganda. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  10. ↑ "UWOPA Associate Members | Uganda Women Parliamentary Association". uwopa.or.ug. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  11. ↑ "TESO MPs issue ultimatum on food delivery – Parliament Watch". parliamentwatch.ug. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  12. ↑ "Cabinet directs Health Ministry to review Covid SOPs". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
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