Who is Christine Apolot? Flash Uganda Media looks at her biography, age, husband, family, tribe, achievements, and relationship with Ismael Orot, Amoding Monicah, Richard Anguria Omongole, the early life and education of the Woman Member of Parliament for Kumi District in Uganda.
Christine Apolot is a Ugandan educator and politician. She is the current Woman Member of Parliament for Kumi District in Uganda’s 11th parliament.
Christine also won the elections for Kumi District’s local counsel five (LC5) and served from June 2016 to 2021.
Early Life and Education
Apolot Christine was born in Kumi District, in the Eastern region of Uganda. She was raised by her grandparents after her parents died. Edith’s Hope sponsored Christine in 2004.
She is married to Tom who is a builder and the couple has two biological children and two adopted children.
She graduated from Kumi University with a first-class Bachelor’s degree in Education. She also holds an Administrative Law Certificate from the Law Development Center (LDC).
She also enrolled for a postgraduate degree in public administration at the Uganda Management Institute (UMI) as of March 2021.
Career and Professional Work Experience
Christine Apolot began her career as a secondary school teacher and later she entered politics in 2016 as the Local Council 5 chairperson (LC5) in Kumi District on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket.
She was not only the first woman to hold the position in the Teso sub-region, but also one of three women in Uganda to hold the position of LC5 chairperson.
In the election, she defeated four male candidates. She took over from Ismael Orot, who had been in the position for 15 years.
She ran against Amoding Monicah in the 2021 General elections as the woman’s representative in Kumi District under the National Resistance Movement party.
She won the elections by 35,152 votes against Monica Amoding’s 29,292 votes.
Achievements and Awards
In September 2021, Hon. Christine Apolot made the people of Kumi happy by fulfilling her long-awaited promise to buy them an ambulance that would be used to transport patients.
She began with one ambulance but said she intended to purchase more because one was insufficient for the entire District.
In November 2021, she became a board member of Malaria Partners Uganda, representing the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Malaria (UPFM).
ActionAid Uganda (A global movement of people working together to advance human rights and end poverty once and for all) presented her with the 2018 National Integrity Award.
She has spearheaded follow-up on cases involving corrupt Kumi leaders who misappropriated funds, and such funds have been refunded to the district coffers.
Hon. Apolot Christine is the Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on Public Service and Local Government.
Controversies
In 2021, Monica Amoding asked for a recount of votes.
According to her lawyers, led by Richard Anguria Omongole of Omongole and Company Advocates, her agents were chased away from some polling stations and denied declaration forms, denying her victory.
However, Monica Amono, the Chief Magistrate in Soroti, rejected Amoding’s application because it lacked facts and evidence.
Amono stated in her ruling that the available documents, including declaration forms and tally sheets, showed no change in the two contestants’ results.
When contacted following the ruling, Amoding stated that she would file a petition with the High Court.
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