Betty Amongi

Left to right: A member of the Ugandan Parliament, Betty Amongi, the federal Minister for Women and Human Rights, Deeqa Yasin Yusuf, the Speaker of the House of the People, Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, the Speaker of the Upper House Abdi Hashi Abdullahi and the UNDP Country Director for Somalia, George Conway, at the first Annual Somali women Parliamentarians conference in Mogadishu on April 24, 2017. UN Photo / Ilyas Ahmed

Betty Amongi
Born (1975-11-15) 15 November 1975 (age 48)
Oyam District, Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
EducationMakerere University
(Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration)
(Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies)
OccupationPolitician
Years active1998 – present
TitleMinister of Gender, Labour and Social Development
Spouse
Jimmy Akena
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(m. 2013)​

Betty Amongi Akena, (née Betty Amongi Ongom), commonly known as Betty Amongi, is a Ugandan politician. She is the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development[1] in the Cabinet of Uganda, as of 9 June 2021. Previously, she served as the Cabinet Minister of Kampala Capital City[2] and before that, from 6 June 2016 until 14 December 2019, as the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Uganda's cabinet.[3] She is also the incumbent member of parliament representing the Oyam South Constituency in the 11th Parliament (2021 to 2026).

  1. ^ "NEW CABINET: Museveni drops Kutesa, 10 ministers". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ Monitor (14 December 2019). "Museveni Shuffles Cabinet, Drops Muloni, Appoints Magyezi". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ Uganda State House (6 June 2016). "Museveni's new cabinet list At 6 June 2016" (PDF). Daily Monitor. Kampala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.