Florence Nkurukenda
Florence Nkurukenda | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chairperson, Electoral Commission, Uganda 1996 - 2002 | |
| Succeeded by | Sr.Margaret Magoba |
| Women Representative, Masindi District 1989 - 1996 | |
| Succeeded by | Monica Kiraahwa |
| Deputy Minister, Local Government 1989 - 1991 | |
| Deputy Minister of Labour 1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Florence K. Nkurukenda 1941 (age 84–85) Kabale |
Florence Nkurukenda (born 1941) is a Ugandan educator and former Member of Parliament. She served as the Woman Representative for the Masindi District on the National Resistance Committee (1989 - 1996) during which time she was appointed Deputy Minister of Labour (1988) and Local Government (1989 - 1991). She was also the Deputy Chairperson of Uganda's Interim Electoral Commission (1996) and occupied the same position when the Commission was made permanent in 1997.
Background and education
Nkurukenda was born in Kabale, Uganda.[1] She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art, in addition to a diploma in Education.[1]
Career
Politics
Nkurukenda contested in the 1989 Ugandan general elections to become Woman Representative for Masindi District in the then National Resistance Council.[2] Between 1989 and 1991, she would serve as the Deputy Minister for Local Government alongside Stephen Chebrot.[3] Prior to that she had worked as the Deputy Minister of Labour (1988).[4]
Post-politics
Alongside Syda Bbumba and Florence Ssekagya, Nkurukenda was one of the three women on Uganda's interim Electoral Commission that organised the 1996 Ugandan Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.[5][6] In October 1996 when the Electoral Commission was made permanent, she was appointed to serve as the Deputy Chairperson on Uganda's Electoral Commission.[7] She deputised Aziz Kasujja but along with 5 other commissioners retired on 31 July 2002 "in public interest".[5]
She was later recruited to train Nigerian Electoral officials under the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 Cooper, Laurie; Henderson, Jerry. Uganda: A Pre-election Assessment Report. Washington, D.C.: International Foundation for Election Systems. p. 40. ISBN 9781879720107. OCLC 34545803.
- ↑ "When Hens begin to Crow - Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda (Fountain Publishers, 1999, 254 p.): Appendix 3: Women Legislators, 1950-1998". www.nzdl.org. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) National Assembly Official Report FOURTH SESSION 1991 THIRD MEETING ISSUE NO 17 20TH FEBRUARY - 21ST MARCH 1991" (PDF). March 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ "Uganda's Age of Reforms - A Critical Overview (CTA - Fountain Publishers, 1999, 130 p.): 6. The Empowerment of Women". www.nzdl.org. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- 1 2 3 "Nkurukenda Gets Nigerian Job". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ↑ Butler, Victor A. (1996). Cooper, Laurie (ed.). Uganda: Long-term Observation of the 1996 Presidential and Legislative Elections. Washington, D.C.: International Foundation for Election Systems. p. 13. ISBN 9781879720206. OCLC 35586919.
- ↑ "The four men who have handled polls since 1996". Monitor. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2022-04-08.