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'{{short description|Ugandan politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Evelyn Anite | image = M6fbqWAs_400x400.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|11|11}} | birth_place = Adakado, [[Koboko District]], Uganda | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = '''[[Uganda Christian University]]'''<br/>{{small|([[Journalism|Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication]])}}<br/>'''[[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]]'''<br/>{{small|([[Master of Arts|Global Master of Arts Programme in International Law and Diplomacy]])}} | occupation = [[Journalist]], [[politician]] | years_active = 2006 – present | nationality = Ugandan | citizenship = [[Uganda]] | known_for = [[Politics]] | networth = | home_town = [[Koboko]] | title = State Minister for Investment & Privatization in the [[Cabinet of Uganda]] | spouse = '''{{small|Allan Kajik}}''' }} '''Evelyn Anite Kajik''', commonly known as '''Evelyn Anite''', is a [[Uganda]]n journalist and politician. She is the [[Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Uganda)|State Minister of Finance for Investment and Privatization]] in the [[Cabinet of Uganda|Ugandan Cabinet]] since 6 June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|format=PDF |date=6 June 2016|author=Uganda State House | newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/3235304/data/1345443/-/3o16hn/-/Museveni%2527s+cabinet.pdf| title=Museveni’s new cabinet list At 6 June 2016|access-date=20 June 2016| location=Kampala}}</ref> Previously, she served as State Minister for Youth. She was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015, replacing [[Ronald Kibuule]], who was appointed State Minister for Water Resources.<ref name="Shuffle">{{cite web|title=Full Cabinet List As At 1 March 2015 |format=PDF|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/blob/view/-/2639388/data/956667/-/oq6gpdz/-/cabinet.pdf| last=Uganda State House|access-date=2 March 2015 |date=1 March 2015 |location=Kampala}}</ref> She also serves as the elected Member of Parliament for [[Koboko|Koboko Municipality]], in the [[West Nile sub-region]], in the [[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern Region]] of Uganda, a position she has occupied since 2011.<ref name="Palm">{{cite web| url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=203 |title=Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament: Evelyn Anite, Member of Parliament for Koboko Municipality | publisher=[[Parliament of Uganda]] |access-date=19 April 2020 | author=Parliament of Uganda |date=2016 |location=Kampala}}</ref> in the 2020 National resistance movement (NRM) flag bearer elections, Anite lost her bit to retain the seat of MP koboko munisparity, Dr Charles Ayume son of former speaker of the Ugandan parliament hon. [[Francis Ayume]] <ref>{{Cite web|title=Ayume's Son Challenges Anite for Koboko Municipality NRM Party Ticket :|url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/ayumes-son-challenges-anite-for-koboko-municipality-nrm-party-ticket|access-date=2021-04-02|website=Uganda Radionetwork|language=en}}</ref>won the elections.<ref>{{Citation|title=Minister Evelyn Anite loses in Koboko|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueWzxa3eQ_w|language=en|access-date=2021-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jjingo|first=Ernest|title=Anite: President’s order sank me|url=https://observer.ug/news/headlines/66490-anite-president-s-order-sank-me|access-date=2021-04-02|website=The Observer - Uganda|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mafias Stole my Victory, Minister Anite Cries Foul {{!}} The Kampala Post|url=https://kampalapost.com/content/mafias-stole-my-victory-minister-anite-cries-foul|access-date=2021-04-02|website=kampalapost.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Minister Evelyn Anite loses in Koboko|url=https://www.ntv.co.ug/ug/news/national/minister-evelyn-anite-loses-in-koboko-2450118|access-date=2021-04-02|website=NTV Uganda|language=en}}</ref> ==Background and education== Anite was born on 11 November 1984, in Adakado Village, [[Koboko District]], to Steven Dravu, a [[civil servant]], and Sarah Wokoru Dravu, a [[businesswoman]]. She belongs to the Lugbara-speaking Ugandans whose native area spills into the neighboring [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. She is fluent in both Lugbara and Kakwa languages. She attended Arua Hill Primary School for her elementary school education. She studied at Saint Mary's Ediofe Secondary School for her O-Level studies. She transferred to Muni Girls' Secondary School, for her A-Level education. She holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts in [[Mass Communication]], awarded by [[Uganda Christian University]] in 2008.<ref name="Palm"/><ref name="Making">{{cite web|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]]| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Full-Woman/The-making-of-Northern-Youth-MP-Evelyn-Anite/-/689842/2075006/-/item/1/-/c1sl95z/-/index.html| title=The Making of Northern Youth MP Evelyn Anite|first=Abdulaziizi| last=Tumusiime|access-date=2 March 2015|date=16 November 2013| location=Kampala}}</ref> In January 2018, Evelyn Anite was admitted to the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] of [[Tufts University]], in [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]], [[Massachusetts]], in the United States, to pursue the Master in International Relations and Diplomacy Programme.<ref name="Stu">{{cite web|date=13 July 2018 |url=https://www.softpower.ug/minister-anite-takes-leave-to-u-s-amid-shs-28bn-bribe-saga/ |title=Minister Anite Takes Leave To United States Amid USh28 Billion Bribe Saga |access-date=6 August 2018 |publisher=Softpower Uganda |last=Asiimwe | first=Brian |location=Kampala}}</ref> In July 2019, Anite graduated from Tufts University, having met all the requirements for the Master of Arts program.<ref name="GradR">{{cite web| url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Minister-Anite-graduates-Parliament-US-university-Kajik/688334-5204372-gasb86/index.html |title=Minister Anite graduates from US university |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |date=21 July 2019 |access-date=21 July 2019 |author=Monitor Reporter | place=Kampala}}</ref> ==Career== Right out of high school in 2005, Anite started working as a radio presenter at a radio station in [[Arua]], continuing in that capacity intermittently until 2007. Beginning in 2006 and continuing until 2010, she worked as a radio presenter at [[Uganda Broadcasting Corporation]] in [[Kampala]], Uganda's [[capital city|capital]] and largest city. From 2008 until 2010, she worked at the Uganda Media Centre as the Public Affairs Assistant for International Relations. In 2011, she contested for the parliamentary seat of Youth Representative for Northern Uganda. She beat nine other candidates to win the seat. She is the current incumbent.<ref name="Palm"/><ref name="Making"/> On 6 June 2016, she was named State Minister for Investment and Privatization.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Scribd.com | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/314964607/New-Cabinet | title=Uganda's New Cabinet As At 6 June 2016 |accessdate=20 June 2016 |date=6 June 2016 |author=Uganda State House}}</ref> ==Controversies== In 2014, Evelyn Anite was involved in an argument with [[Margaret Baba Diri]] with the latter claiming that Evelyn Anite was vying for her political seat in [[Koboko District|Koboko]] for the 2016 general elections.<ref name="8R">{{cite web|date=2 May 2014 | url=https://observer.ug/component/content/article?id=31542:anite-is-a-foreigner-fellow-mp-charges |title=Anite Is A Foreigner, Fellow MP Charges |newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]] | author=Deo Walusimbi |access-date=19 April 2020 |place=Kampala}}</ref> In this dispute, Margaret Baba Diri claimed that Evelyn Anite was a "foreigner sowing confusion in Koboko and NRM". In response, Evelyn Anite claimed that she was only campaigning in Koboko to "relieve" her "mother" Baba Diri of the burden of "hectic politics".<ref name="8R"/> In February 2014, during the NRM Parliamentary Caucus, ahead of the 2016 presidential elections, Evelyn Anite moved a resolution to declare President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni the official party flag bearer. The resolution that came to be known as the [https://www.scribd.com/document/206403678/NRM-Caucus-2016-resolutions Kyankwanzi Resolution], was met with resistance.<ref name="9R">{{cite web|title=Kanungu Opposes NRM Caucus Resolution |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kanungu-opposes-NRM-Caucus-resolution/688334-2290552-i25tmd/index.html |date=24 April 2014 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |author=Alfred Tumusabe and Arans Tabaruka |access-date=19 April 2020 |place=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="10R">{{cite web|publisher=[[Uganda Radio Network]] | url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/nrm-caucus-electoral-commission-clash-over-sole-candidate-project |title=NRM Electoral Commission Disowns Museveni Sole Candidate Project |author=Olive Eyotaru |date=14 July 2020 |access-date=19 April 2020 | location=Kampala}}</ref> In response to her support for the removal of the age limit bill,<ref name="11R">{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpower.ug/minister-anite-pulls-idi-amin-like-stunt-to-promote-anti-age-limit-campaign/ |title=Minister Anite Pulls Idi Amin Like Stunt To Promote Anti-Age Limit Campaign |publisher=SoftPower Uganda | date=10 October 2017 |author=SoftPower |access-date=19 April 2020 |location=Kampala}}</ref> Evelyn Anite claimed that she had received multiple death threats.<ref name="12R">{{cite web| url=https://theinsider.ug/index.php/2017/09/21/people-threatening-to-kill-me-like-kaweesi-anite/ |title=People Threatening To Kill Me Like Kaweesi – Anite |date=21 September 2017 |publisher=The Insider Uganda |access-date=19 April 2020 | author=The Insider |location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="13R">{{cite web|url=https://thetowerpost.com/tag/anite-receives-death-threats-over-age-limit-amendment/ |title=Anite Receives Death Threats Over Age Limit Amendment |publisher=The Tower Post | date=19 July 2017 |author=Marion Ayebazibwe |access-date=19 April 2020 |location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="14R">{{cite web| url=https://edge.ug/2017/09/30/anite-im-taking-screenshots-of-those-who-want-to-kill-me/ |title=Anite: I’m taking screenshots of those who want to kill me |publisher=Edge Uganda |date=30 September 2017 |place=Kampala |access-date=19 April 2020 | author=Edge Uganda}}</ref> This prompted the government to give her a security detail.<ref name="15R">{{cite web|date=29 June 2018 |url=http://www.sunrise.ug/news/201806/army-patrols-to-guard-age-limit-top-backers.html |title=Army patrols to guard Age limit top backers |publisher=The Sunrise Uganda |author=The Sunrise Uganda |access-date=19 April 2020 |place=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="16R">{{cite web|newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]] | url=https://observer.ug/news/headlines/58158-why-policemen-hate-guarding-mps.html |title=Why Policemen Hate Guarding MPs | date=12 July 2018 |author=Josephine Namuloki |access-date=19 April 2020 |place=Kampala}}</ref> She also described fellow [[legislator]]s who were opposed to the bill as "selfish hooligans".<ref name="17R">{{cite web|date=27 September 2017 | url=https://theinsider.ug/index.php/2017/09/27/anite-describes-mps-against-age-limit-removal-as-selfish-hooligans/ |title=Anite describes MPs against Age limit removal as 'Selfish Hooligans' | publisher=The Insider Uganda |access-date=19 April 2020 | author=The Insider Uganda |location=Kampala}}</ref> Speaking in support of the removal of the age limit bill, Evelyn Anite that the ruling party had "the numbers and the national army on their side".<ref name="18R">{{cite web|date=14 September 2017 |url=https://observer.ug/news/headlines/54938-age-limit-army-is-on-our-side-says-minister-anite |title=Age limit: Army is on our side, says minister Evelyn Anite |author=Uganda Radio Network |newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]] |access-date=19 April 2020 |location=Kampala}}</ref> The [[Uganda People's Defence Force]] (UPDF) has since distanced itself from this utterance.<ref name="19R">{{cite web|date=14 March 2018 | url=https://www.softpower.ug/dont-talk-for-us-updf-distances-self-from-anite-age-limit-bluff/ |title="Don't Talk For Us," UPDF Distances Self From Anite "Majje" Bluff |publisher=SoftPower Uganda |author=Mivule Gyagenda|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> In a letter to [[Yoweri Museveni|President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni]] in July 2018, ''Hamilton Telecom'' accused Evelyn Anite of discrediting the telecommunications firm from bidding for the purchase of [[Uganda Telecom]] (UTL).<ref name="20R">{{cite web|url=https://chimpreports.com/anite-accused-of-failing-bidder-as-utl-storm-rages-on/ |title=Anite Accused of Failing Bidder as UTL Storm Rages On |publisher=ChimpReports | date=9 July 2018 |author=Kim Aine |access-date=19 April 2020 | location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="21R">{{cite web| url=http://www.pmldaily.com/news/2018/07/hamilton-lawyers-take-on-minister-anite-after-cabinet-fallout-in-utl-saga.html | title=Hamilton lawyers take on minister Anite after Cabinet fallout in UTL saga |publisher=PML Daily |date=9 July 2018 | author=George Okello |access-date=19 April 2020 |place=Kampala}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Koboko district officials shocked at MP’s decision|url=https://www.ntv.co.ug/ug/news/national/koboko-district-officials-shocked-at-mp-s-decision-3278434|access-date=2021-04-02|website=NTV Uganda|language=en}}</ref> In July 2018, it was alleged that Evelyn Anite had fled the country,<ref name="22R">{{cite web|publisher=The Insider Uganda | url=https://theinsider.ug/index.php/2018/07/18/bribery-saga-minister-anite-flees-country-with-entire-family/ |title=Bribery Saga: Minister Anite Flees Country With Entire Family |date=18 July 2020 |author=The Insider Uganda | access-date=19 April 2020 |location=Kampala}}</ref> on account of being under investigation following reports that allegedly solicited a $8 million (Shs 28.8billion) bribe from a group of Arab investors.<ref name="23R">{{cite web|newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]] | url=https://observer.ug/news/headlines/57601-anite-runs-to-museveni-over-shs-29bn-bribe.html |title=Anite runs to Museveni over Shs 29bn bribe |date=4 May 2018 |author=Sadab Kitatta Kaaya |access-date=19 April 2020 |location=Kampala}}</ref> She in turn sued a local newspaper for publishing the story about her.<ref name="24R">{{cite web|newspaper=[[New Vision]] |date=4 August 2018 |title=Anite sues local newspaper for Sh500 million | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1482774/anite-sues-local-newspaper-sh500m |author=Vicky Wandawa |place=Kampala |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> Following her admission to [[Tufts University]], a section of Ugandans living in the [[United States]] started a petition and carried out a demonstration demanding that her admission to the university be cancelled.<ref name="25R">{{cite web|title=Inside Minister Evelyn Anite’s UGX 342 Million Scholarship in America | url=https://campusbee.ug/news/inside-minister-evelyn-anites-ugx-342-million-scholarship-in-america/ |publisher=Campus Bee Uganda |date=24 July 2018 |author=David Mujuni |access-date=19 April 2020 |location=Kampala}}</ref> They alleged that the United States should not provide refuge for corrupt officials under the guise of further studies.<ref name="26R">{{cite web|url=https://edge.ug/2018/07/20/activists-pressure-american-university-to-dismiss-anite/ |title=Activists pressure American university to dismiss Anite |date=20 July 2018 |publisher=Edge Uganda |author=Edge Uganda |access-date=19 April 2020 |location=Kampala}}</ref> Tufts University rejected the request stating that she had done nothing wrong to warrant her expulsion. They further added that as a student at the school of law, her privacy was protected.<ref name="27R">{{cite web|publisher=[[Uganda Radio Network]] | url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/tufts-university-declines-to-dismiss-minister-evelyn-anite |title=Tufts University Declines to Expel Anite |date=11 August 2018 |author=Alex Otto |access-date=19 April 2020 |place=Kampala}}</ref> In 2021 after Anite lost the National resistance movement flag bearer elections to Dr Charles Ayume, she withdrew the ambulance she had earlier donated to Koboko health center iv<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minister Evelyn Anite withdraws her ambulance as Koboko rejects her leadership bid|url=https://weareuganda.com/uganda-news/anite-ambulance-withdraw.html|access-date=2021-04-02|website=weareuganda.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaaya|first=Sadab Kitatta|title=Angry losing MPs withdraw ambulances|url=https://observer.ug/news/headlines/68601-angry-losing-mps-withdraw-ambulances|access-date=2021-04-02|website=The Observer - Uganda|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-03|title=Minister Anite withdraws ambulance she donated to Koboko|url=https://www.matookerepublic.com/2021/02/03/minister-anite-withdraws-ambulance-she-donated-to-koboko/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=Matooke Republic|language=en-US}}</ref> == Personal life == Evelyn Anite is married to Allan Kajik, a [[former]] deputy Resident District Commissioner of [[Kampala]]. They got married in 2011 and had 2 children as of 2018.<ref name="22R"/> == See also == * [[Koboko District]] * [[Lugbara people|The Lugbara]] * [[Lugbara language|Lugbara Language]] * [[Cabinet of Uganda|Ugandan Cabinet]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.parliament.go.ug/ Website of the Parliament of Uganda] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anite, Evelyn}} [[Category:1984 births]] [[Category:Lugbara people]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Koboko District]] [[Category:Government ministers of Uganda]] [[Category:21st-century women politicians]] [[Category:Uganda Christian University alumni]] [[Category:Members of the Parliament of Uganda]] [[Category:Tufts University alumni]] [[Category:Ugandan journalists]] [[Category:Women government ministers of Uganda]] [[Category:National Resistance Movement politicians]] [[Category:Women members of the Parliament of Uganda]]'