Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga | |
Birth Date: | 1975 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Uganda |
Education: | Butare Senior Secondary School Lugogo Hall Centre |
Alma Mater: | Makerere University |
Occupation: | Politician, businesswoman |
Years Active: | 2007–present |
Employer: | Coyetee Hoopoe Tours and Travel, Kampala Buhweju District Parliament of Uganda |
Nationality: | Ugandan |
Citizenship: | Uganda |
Known For: | Politics |
Member of Parliament Buhweju District Women's Constituency | |
Party: | National Resistance Movement |
Otherparty: | Independent |
Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga (born on 14 November 1975[1]) is a Ugandan businesswoman and legislator. As of April 2020, she is currently serving as the elected woman representative for Buhweju district in Uganda's tenth parliament.[2] She represented the same constituency in Uganda's ninth parliament as a member of the National Resistance Movement. She then contested as an independent candidate in the 2016 general elections.[3]
Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga achieved her O Levels (Uganda Certificate of Education) at Butare Senior Secondary School in 1995 before sitting for her A Levels (Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education) at the Lugogo Hall Centre in 2006. She also holds a bachelor's degree in International Business from Makerere University which she obtained in 2009.[4]
Between 2007 and 2009, Oliver Katwesigye Koyekyenga worked as an Operations Manager at Coyetee then as a Customer Relations Manager at Hoopoe Tours and Travel, Kampala from 2009 to 2013.
Upon the death in 2013 of Joy Arinaitwe Kariisa,[5] the then woman member of parliament for Buhweju District, Oliver Koyekyenga contested for the seat on the National Resistance Movement ticket[6] [7] achieving victory over Jane Frida Bwiruka.[8] [9]
She contested as an independent candidate in the 2016 general election to retain the seat.[10] She sits on at least 2 Parliamentary committees.