Taban Sharifah Aate | |
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| Nationality |  Uganda |
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Taban Sharifa Aate is a Ugandan politician and legislator. She represents the people of Koboko district as a Woman MP In the 11th parliament of Uganda. She subscribes to the National Resistance Movement party (NRM) a party under the chairmanship of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president of the republic of Uganda. [1] [2] [3]
Aate is a grand daughter of former Ugandan leader president Idi Amin Dada and daughter to Taban Amin who had launched a rebellion against government after his father Amin was ousted out of power but was later offered Amnesty by the Museveni government. [4] [5]
Despite the prior bad blood between the families of Amin, and Museveni, Aate was able to study on state house scholarship offered by president Museveni and views him as a father figure. [2] [6] [7] [5]
Aate is now a member of the National Resistance Movement on whose ticket she rode to get to Parliament. She won with 44,616 votes against Ariye Eunice Owinyi's 4,937 votes. [1]
Her brother Taban Idi Amin was former MP Kibanda county Kiryandongo district on the NRM ticket. [5] [8]
In the parliament of Uganda, Aate serves on the committee on Education and sports. [9]
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