Violet A. Akurut

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Violet A Akurut also known as Akurut Violet Adome (born 25 August 1976) is a Ugandan politician and teacher by profession. [1] She is the district woman representative of Katakwi District in the 10th Parliament of Uganda. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] She is a member of the National Resistance Movement political party. [1] [2] She was the aspiring Woman Member of Parliament 2021–2026, of Katakwi under NRM political party. [6]

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Education

In 1989, she completed her Primary Leaving Examination from Madera Girls Primary School and later joined Kangole Girls Senior Secondary School for her Uganda Certificate of Education in 1993. [1] In 1996, she finished her Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from Tororo Girls School. [1] In 1999, she obtained a certificate in project planning and management from Uganda Management Institute. [1] In 2003, she was awarded a bachelor's degree in education from Makerere University. [1] She holds a post graduate diploma in resource mobilization and management from Uganda Management Institute, which she got in 2010. She later went back to get a master's degree in diplomacy and international studies from Uganda Martyrs University in 2016. [1]

Career life before politics

From 2012 to 2016, she worked as the commissioner at Uganda Human Rights Commission. [1] In 2012, she was the co-ordinator at Women of Uganda Network. Between 2010 and 2011, she was employed as the programme manager at Transform Uganda. [1] From 2009 to 2010, she was the programme officer at ANPPCAN. [1] She worked as the programme co-ordinator at World Vision International in 2007–2008. [1] In 2002–2005, she worked at Education Department, Soroti Catholic Diocese, as the programme manager. [1] She was the gender officer at Katakwi District Local Government in the year 2000–2001. [1] From 2012 to date, she has served as the chairperson of the Advisory Board at Katakwi Grassroots Women Development Initiative. [1] Also from 2015 to date, she has worked as the executive treasurer at Uganda National AIDS Services Organization. [1]

Political life

From 2016 to date, she served as a member of Parliament at the Parliament of Uganda. While at the Parliament of Uganda, she was the member on the Committee on HIV/AIDS & Related Disease, and Committee on Education and Sports. [1]

Personal life

She is married. [1] [2]

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  2. 1 2 3 "AKURUT VIOLET ADOME". NRM - NETTECH RELIABLE MEDIA. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Violet Akurut Archives". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Akurut Violet Adome - 2016 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Alupo, Ogwang battle for supremacy in Katakwi". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ↑ "VIOLET AKURUT ADOME, Aspiring Woman MP 2021-2026, KATAKWI". www.ugandadecides.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
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