Aisha Sekindi

Aisha Sekindi
Born (1970-12-04) 4 December 1970 (age 53)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
EducationMuslim Primary School
Kadugala Secondary School
Alma materKibuli Teacher Training College
(Certificate in Education)
Occupation(s)Legislator, teacher
Years active1997–present
Known forPolitics, Education
TitleMember of Parliament
Kalungu District Women's Constituency

Aisha Sekindi (born 4 December 1970[1]) is a Ugandan educator and legislator. As of February 2022, she serves as Uganda's Minister of State for Water and the woman representative for Kalungu district in Uganda's eleventh parliament.[2][3][4][5] She replaced Hon. Ronald Kibuule who handed over the office in July 2021.[6] She held the same position in Uganda's tenth parliament. Politically, she is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement[7] under whose ticket she contested in the 2016 general election,[8] achieving victory over Aisha Naluyati Waligo of the Democratic Party Uganda (DP).[9][10][11][12]

  1. ^ "Sekindi Aisha". Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Hon. Aisha Sekindi | Ministry of Water and Environment". www.mwe.go.ug. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  3. ^ Parliament of Uganda (3 August 2021). "MEMBERS OF THE 11TH PARLIAMENT AS AT 03 AUGUST 2021" (PDF). Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Aisha Ssekindi". theyworkforyou.github.io. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. ^ "Bad weather forces Bududa locals to embrace irrigation". Monitor. 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  6. ^ "Kibuule Hands Over Office to New State Minister for Water, Aisha Sekindi". ChimpReports. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  7. ^ "Museveni ne Bobi bayigga kalulu k'e Kalungu". www.bukedde.co.ug. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. ^ Electoral Commission of Uganda (13 April 2016). "General Parliamentary Elections 2016 Gazette List" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Uganda. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  9. ^ "DP's Aisha Waliggo to Appeal against Aisha Ssekindi's Stay in Parliament". ChimpReports. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  10. ^ "10 judges assigned to hear 140 election appeals". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Agataliikonfuufu: Minisita Aisha Ssekindi akuutidde bannabyabufuzi baleme okuwuuddisanga bannansi". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  12. ^ Court of Appeal upholds Aisha Ssekindi's election as Kalungu Woman MP, retrieved 2023-02-09