Lawrence Akugizibwe

Lawrence Akugizibwe
Honorable
Personal details
Born Lawrence Akugizibwe
(1985-11-02) 2 November 1985
Kyenjojo, Uganda
Citizenship Uganda
Nationality Ugandan
Spouse(s) Justine Businge Akugizibwe
Residence Kampala, Uganda
Alma mater Mountains of the Moon University
(BSc Horticulture & Entrepreneurship)
(MSc Natural Resource Management)
Occupation Horticulturist, Politician
Known for Horticulture, politics

Lawrence Akugizibwe (born 02 November 1985) is a Ugandan horticulturist, agropreneur, author, conservationist and politician. He is the elected Member of Parliament for Mwenge County North[1] and a representative for NRM, the ruling political party in Uganda.[2] He is a member of the Committee on HIV/AIDS & Related Diseases and the Committee on Agriculture in the 10th Parliament of Uganda.[3]

A former NAADS coordinator,[4] Akugizibwe is the secretary of the Rwenzori Parliamentary Group, the secretary for youth affairs in the NRM Youth League, the NRM chairperson of Mwenge County North, the board chairperson of St Klaus Comprehensive Trade School, the secretary of the Catholic Workers Movement for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal, a mobilizer for the Tooro Peoples Conference[5] and a member of the NRM Parliamentary Caucus.[6]

Early life and education

Akugizibwe was born in Kitaihuka Parish, Nyankwanzi Sub-county, Kyenjojo District on 02 November 1985 in a Catholic family of the Batooro. His father Vincent Nyakoojo was a parish chief and his mother, Apollonia Tugume, a farmer. He is the sixth of twelve children and a brother to Fr. Bernard Bitekerezo, the holder of a doctorate in Catholic theology.

He had his primary education in his home district of Kyenjojo at Igongwe Primary School where he was a head prefect and Muhorro Muslim Primary School where he headed the Drama Club and attained his PLE certification in 2001.

He then attended St. Leo’s College, Kyegobe for both his O-Level and A-Level education, attaining a UCE certification in 2004 and a UACE certification in 2006. At the Catholic-based, government-aided residential boys' secondary school, he was the secretary of the Young Catholic Students (YCS), a dormitory captain for Lumumba House and a chairperson of the Catholic Chapel.[1]

Akugizibwe further advanced to Mountains of the Moon University where he graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture & Entrepreneurship and attained a Master of Science in Natural Resource Management in 2015. He is now pursuing a PhD in Agriculture and Rural Innovations at the Atlantic International University in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Career & politics

Before joining university in 2009, Akugizibwe worked as an English teacher for two-and-half years at St. Maria Salome School, Dar es Salaam. While at university, he worked as a researcher for PROTOS Uganda and Mountains of the Moon University.

On finishing his bachelors, he was employed as a greenhouse manager at Royal Van Zanten Uganda in 2012, then as an agricultural expert in 2013 for HEWASA: the water, sanitation and hygiene department of Caritas Fort Portal. In 2014, Akugizibwe secured employment as a NAADS coordinator for Bufunjo Subcounty in Kyenjojo District.[1]

In 2015, Akugizibwe resigned from NAADS to join elective politics on the NRM ticket where he defeated eight candidates in the party’s primaries among whom was the then incumbent David Muhumuza.[7] He went on to win the general elections in 2016 and became a member of the 10th Parliament for the Pearl of Africa representing Mwenge County North in Kyenjojo District.[8]

In the 10th Parliament, Akugizibwe serves on the Committee on HIV/AIDS & Related Diseases and the Committee on Agriculture. He is a member of: the Parliamentary Forum for Climate Change Uganda (PFCC-U) ; the Uganda Parliamentarians Forum on Food Security, Population and Development (UPFFSP&D); the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Youth Affairs (UPFYA) and; the NRM Parliamentary Caucus. He is also the secretary of the Rwenzori Parliamentary Group.[6]

Personal details

Akugizibwe is married to Justine Businge Akugizibwe and they have two children. Also, he is an author, a singer, a conservationist and a promoter of agrotourism.

Books & publications

  1. The Role of Biorationals in the Control of a Bean Bruchid
  2. Jealousy is Sand in My Eyes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "AKUGIZIBWE LAWRENCE". Parliament of Uganda.
  2. ↑ "Butime bounces back as MP". New Vision.
  3. ↑ "MPs Oppose Plan to Give Away Govt Ranches". East Africa Business News.
  4. ↑ "Bufunjo local citizens sensitised on government procedures when lobbying for service delivery". ToroDev].
  5. ↑ "Tooro Kingdom calls for unity conference". New Vision.
  6. 1 2 "Rwenzori Region on Edge as NRM Candidates Recruit Militia". CHIMPREPORTS.
  7. ↑ "MASSIVE CIVIC ACTION AS 75% OF RWENZORI LEADERS LOSE NRM POLLS". KRC Uganda.
  8. ↑ "NRM primaries: List of results". Daily Monitor.
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