| Sylvia Rwabwogo | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Portal, Uganda |
| Education: | Mountains of the Moon University Uganda Management Institute Makerere University |
| Occupation: | Journalist & Politician |
| Years Active: | 1997 – present |
| Nationality: | Ugandan |
| Citizenship: | Uganda |
| Known For: | Politics |
| Member of Parliament Parliament of Uganda | |
| Spouse: | N/A |
Sylvia Rwabwogo is a Ugandan journalist and politician, who served as the District Woman Representative for Kabarole District, in the 10th Parliament (2016–2021), in the Parliament of Uganda.[1]
She was born in Kabarole District on 12 May 1976. She attended Ugandan schools until she graduated Senior 4 in 1994. She went on to obtain a certificate in Project Planning and Management from Makerere University, in 1998. She followed that with a certificate in computer science, obtained in 2000, also from Makerere University. In 2002, she graduated with a Diploma in Journalism and Media Management, from the Uganda Management Institute, in Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. She also has a Bachelor of Arts degree, awarded by the Mountains of the Moon University, in Fort Portal, in the Western Region of Uganda.[1]
Rwabogo started her career in 1997, working as a community programme officer for women and child development. She then worked as a community trainer for a non-profit organisation called Africa Media Alliance, serving in that capacity until 2000. For one year, she worked as an intern news-reporter for the New Vision newspaper.[1]
For the next thirteen years, until 2015, she worked in various capacities with several radio stations, including (a) Voice of Toro (b) Better FM and (c) Hits FM.[1]
Beginning in 2006, for the next ten years, Sylvia Rwabogo worked as a member of the Kabarole District Administration, including as the Secretary General of Kabarole District Council for seven years, as a District Councillor for five years, as the District Deputy Speaker for another five years; with some roles overlapping in time.[1]
In 2016, she won the Kabarole Women Representative constituency on the National Resistance Movement political party ticket.[2] [3]
During the 2017 parliamentary debate about removing the age-limit restrictions from the Ugandan Constitution, Rwabogo was a vocal opponent of the age amendment.[4]
Beginning in November 2017, Sylvia Rwabogo began receiving unsolicited telephone calls and SMS messages from someone, whom the MP first mistook for a constituent.[5] Later, the phone calls became romantic, and when she blocked her tormentor's phone number, her tormentor turned to text messages.[6]
When the unwanted messages persisted, Ms. Rwabogo, who is single, reported the matter to the police, who laid a trap for the arrest of the harasser. The culprit turned out to be a 25-year-old male college student, who admitted to sending the offensive communication. He was promptly found guilty, and sentenced to two years behind bars.[7]
Sylvia Rwabogo is a member of the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS and related diseases. She also concurrently serves on the parliamentary committee on agriculture.[1]