Who is Agnes Ameede? Flash Uganda Media looks at her biography, age, husband, family, tribe, achievements, and relationship with Mr Lawrence Omulen, Catherine Achola, Lady Justice Patricia Wasuwa Bassaija, Nasser Mudiobolwe and Berna Mutamba, the early life and education of the current woman Member of Parliament for the Butebo district in Uganda.
Agnes Ameede is a Ugandan politician. She is the elected woman Member of Parliament for the Butebo district.
Early life and Education
Agnes Ameede was born on June 12, 1970, to Mr and Mrs Gabriel Olaki in Pallisa District. She is the fifth child among the twelve children of her parents. Her mother was a housewife, and her father was a primary school teacher as well as a local council leader.
She has been married to Mr Lawrence Omulen, a businessman since 1996 and the couple have three daughters. Her father was the headmaster of Kabwangasi Primary School, where she studied.
She then enrolled at St. Paul’s College in Mbale, where she completed her O-level studies. She continued her education at Tororo Girls School, where she completed her A-Levels and graduated with a High School Diploma in 1991.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Makerere University in 1994. She later earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Uganda Management Institute. She then earned a Master of Management degree from the Uganda Management Institute.
Her third degree is a Master of Science in Development Management from The Open University in the United Kingdom. She also holds a Certificate in Administrative Law from the Kampala Law Development Centre.
Career and Professional Work Experience
Agnes Ameede was hired as an Immigration Officer by the Ugandan Ministry of Internal Affairs in 1996 and assigned to the Immigration Office in Malaba, Uganda.
She spent three years there before being transferred to the Ministry’s headquarters in Kampala, Uganda’s capital.
She was transferred to Entebbe International Airport in 2003 and worked there until 2005. She was promoted to Supervisor, Inspection and Legal in 2006 and returned to Kampala headquarters. She was assigned to Liberia as an Immigration Advisor in 2009, where she stayed until the end of 2010.
She was transferred from Liberia to Entebbe Airport as Supervisor, Inspection, and Legal. She was promoted to Senior Immigration Officer in 2015. She resigned from Immigration later that year and entered active elective Ugandan politics.
Agnes Ameede successfully ran for the Pallisa District Women Constituency in the Ugandan Parliament in the 2016 national election cycle. She ran as a candidate for the ruling National Resistance Movement party.
Catherine Achola, one of the losing candidates, challenged the results in court, but Agnes Ameede still won by 30,473 votes.
When a new constituency Butebo district, was established, in 2021 she transferred to the same position and won the elections by 14,475 votes as an independent candidate.
Achievements and Awards
She is a member of the parliamentary Committee on Commissions, State Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) and the parliamentary Committee on East African Community Affairs in the 10th Parliament (COEACA).
Controversies
Agnes Ameede’s election as Pallisa District Woman Member of Parliament was upheld by the High Court in Mbale.
Lady Justice Patricia Wasuwa Bassaija dismissed Catherine Achola’s petition. Achola finished second in the February 18th 2016 elections.
Achola filed a petition, represented by Nasser Mudiobolwe and Berna Mutamba, requesting that the court annul Ameede’s victory and order new elections.
She accused Ameede of electoral malpractice in violation of Section 61 of the Parliamentary Election Act.
Among the allegations, she levelled against Ameede were voter bribery and the distribution of campaign donations to voters, both of which she claims harmed the outcome of the elections.
Achola presented 39 affidavits to back up her claims which included voters who confessed that Ameede gave them money to vote for her.
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