Faith Alupo
Faith Alupo (9 October 1983 – 15 September 2020) was a Ugandan politician[1] who served as a Member of Parliament, representing the Pallisa District. She was elected to that position in June 2018.[2]
Alupo was declared and confirmed the new Member of Parliament for Pallisa district under the ruling National Resistance Movement party after Achola Catherine Osupelem, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Woman Member of Parliament Candidate for Pallisa district was disqualified by the electoral commission from the race for using nomination names that did not tally with those on her academic qualification. This was communicated in a letter dated and signed on the 14th July by Justice Simon Byamukama.[3]
Background and education
Alupo is married and has a professional background in social work.[1] In 1997, she completed her Primary Leaving Examinations at Pallisa Girls Primary School. In 2001, Alupo attained her Uganda Certificate of Education at Pal and Lisa College. In 2003, she obtained Uganda Advanced Certificate at MM College Wairaka. She completed her Bachelors Degree in Social Work and Social Administration at Uganda Christian University, Mukono in 2007. After four years (in 2011), Faith joined Law Development Centre, Kampala and attained Certificate in Law.[4]
Career history
Between 2007-2008, she began her first job as a field worker at the Office of Probation found in Makindye Division. From 2008 to 2009, she worked as the field interviewer at Uganda Bureau of Statistics. From 2010 to 2011, she started working at the Sub-County level as the Election Officer at Electoral Commission, Pallisa. From 2018 to 2020, she served as a Member of Parliament at the Parliament of Uganda.[5]
See also
- Parliament of Uganda
- Pallisa District
- Francis Mukura
- Fred Oduchu Mudukoi
- Richard Oseku
- Jacob Richards Opolot
- Agnes Ameede Omulen
- List of members of the tenth Parliament of Uganda
External link
References
- ^ a b "Parliament of Uganda". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ cwelikhe (2018-11-22). "Woman Member of Parliament, Pallisa District". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "NRM's Alupo declared Paliisa Woman MP after FDC's Achola is - National | NTV". www.ntv.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament". Parliament of Uganda 2018.
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