Who is Dan Atwijukire Kimosho? Flash Uganda Media looks at his biography, age, wife, family, tribe, relationship with the late Nathan Kimosho, late Kosia Mugume (father) and Pere Mugume (mother) of Bugarihe Rwemikoma, early life and education of the former Member of Parliament for Kazo County, Kiruhura District in Uganda.
Atwijukire Dan also known as Dan Atwijukire Kimosho is a Ugandan politician.
He is a Member of the eleventh Ugandan Parliament representing Kazo County, Kiruhura District as a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) political party.
Atwijukire Dan is also a member of the committee on Health.
Early Life and Education
Atwijukire Dan was born on September 11, 1984, to the late Kosia Mugume (father) and Pere Mugume (mother) of Bugarihe Rwemikoma Sub County, Kazo in Kiruhura District in the Western Region of Uganda.
He is the grandson of the Late Nathan Kimosho whose name he adopted.
Atwijukire Dan began his education at Bugarihe Primary School in 1989 before transferring to Kazo Model Primary School, where he finished his primary education.
He attended Buremba Secondary School for his O’Level before moving to Kampala for his A’Level where he studied the HEL/D combination.
Atwijukire Dan then enrolled in 2003 at Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mukono for a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication with a major and interest in Mass Communication.
Career and Professional Work Experience
Atwijukire Dan worked as a student intern at Radio West Reporting in Kampala before being officially hired as a presenter at Western Uganda’s earliest and largest radio network in 2007, his initial program being “Akagwe” with Mbarara City Mayor Robert Kakyebezi.
He left after a year to pursue his passion for public relations and mass communication. He joined Mulago National Referral Hospital as a Public Relations Officer, a role he held until 2010 when he stepped down to campaign in the 2011 general elections.
Atwijukire ran unsuccessfully for Western Youth Member of Parliament in 2011.
He then joined the National Medical Stores as a Public Relations Manager in 2013 after a break of two years on the Street and later worked as a spokesperson. He later resigned from the well-paying job to join politics.
He ran for the Kazo County parliamentary seat on the NRM ticket in the 2021 general elections receiving 17,733 votes to defeat the incumbent Member of Parliament representing the district, Gordon Bafaki, who acquired 10,235 votes.
He was appointed as the 11th Parliament’s spokesperson upon his election to the House. He also worked as the Parliamentary COVID-19 task force deputy chairperson.
Achievements and Awards
In October 2021, Atwijukire Dan provided transportation, feeding, and all medical care necessary at Mbarara’s Ruharo Eye Care Centre for those with eye defects in his constituency.
In August 2018, he also donated an ambulance to Kazo health centre IV.
Controversies
In September 2011, two patients died at Mulago Hospital in what the media called a ‘septic tank’ the report.
It was said that Hon. Atwijukire had cautioned patients from being around unsafe places in the Hospital. A journalist went on to refer to him as a ‘disgrace’ to which he said he was innocent.
He said, when the reporter visited his office, she had wanted to take pictures of the manholes but he was busy and so did not give her his full attention.
He told her that it could have been a suicide since the two manholes were at the extreme corner of the hospital and out of reach.
