Peace Mutuuzo Explained

Peace Mutuuzo
Birth Date:2 May 1975
Birth Place:Kabarole District, Uganda
Alma Mater:Bishop Stuart University

Makerere University

Uganda Management Institute
Occupation:Politician and Environmentalist
Years Active:2006 — present
Nationality:Ugandan
Citizenship:Uganda
Known For:Politics
State Minister for Gender and Culture

Peace Regis Mutuuzo is a Ugandan politician who serves as the Women representative for Bunyangabu District.[1] She is the Minister of State for Gender and Culture in the Ugandan Cabinet. She was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016.[2] In 2021, she was re elected into the eleventh Uganda Parliament.[3]

Background and education

She was born in on 2 May 1975, in Rwimi sub-county, Bunyangabu county, in Kabarole District, in the Western Region of Uganda. Since then, Bunyangabu county was transformed into Bunyangabu District.[4] She studied at St. Peter and Paul Primary School, Katikamu SDA Secondary School and at Mpanga Secondary School in Fort Portal. She was the head-girl while at Mpanga.

She attended National Teachers College Kakoba (NTCK), now a component of Bishop Stuart University in Mbarara, graduating with a Diploma in Secondary Education. She served as the president of the students' guild at NTCK, while there.

She then joined Makerere University, the oldest public university in Uganda, graduating with a Bachelor of Environmental Science. Later, she obtained a Master of Public Administration and Management from Uganda Management Institute in Kampala.[5] [1]

Career

Prior to joining active politics, she worked with Give and Take company owned by John Sanyu Katuramu (serving life sentence in Luzira Prison) and later in the Office of the President, as the Private Secretary to the President of Uganda. In 2016, she contested for the position of Woman Representative for Kabarole District, but was defeated in the primary elections of the National Resistance Movement political party.[5] [6] On 6 June 2016, she was appointed State Minister for Gender and Culture.[7]

One of the first tasks she embarked on in her new ministerial post is the problem sexual violence.[8] Another item on her agenda is the planned re-development, expansion and renovation of the National Theater, which was built in 1959 and is now too small to accommodate large audiences.[9] She is a member of the National Resistance Movement political party.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliament of Uganda. www.parliament.go.ug.
  2. Web site: Uganda State House . . PDF . Museveni’s new cabinet list At 6 June 2016. 13 June 2016. Kampala. 6 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Mutuuzo Peace Regis - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls . 2023-02-08 . visiblepolls.org . en.
  4. Web site: 12 August 2017 . Kampala . Kabarole budgets Shs12 billion for new Bunyangabu District . 3 March 2017 . . Felix . Basiime.
  5. Web site: Museveni private secretary for Kabarole Woman MP. Pius Opae Papa . 31 August 2015. 13 June 2016. The Observer (Uganda). Kampala.
  6. Web site: . 13 June 2016 . Who are the new faces in Museveni’s Cabinet?: Mutuuzo Peace - State Minister for Gender and Culture . 8 June 2016 . Monitor Team . Kampala .
  7. Web site: Uganda's New Cabinet As At 6 June 2016 . 13 June 2016 . 6 June 2016 . Scribd.com . Uganda State House.
  8. Web site: 1 November 2016. Great lakes region urged to tackle sexual violence- Gender minister Peace Mutuuzo . 21 September 2016 . Ultimate Multimedia . Kampala . Weinformers.com.
  9. Web site: BGA . 29 August 2016 . Uganda National Theater Not for Sale – Government . 1 November 2016 . Business Guide Africa (BGA).