PARLIAMENT
The Dokolo district Woman Member of Parliament, and outspoken opposition politician, Hon. Cecilia Ogwal has passed away.
A close family source said Ogwal succumbed to cancer at a hospital in India on Thursday morning.
“It is sad, Mama Cecilia Ogwal is no more, she is gone,” source said.
Bio
Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal was born 6 December 1946) was a Ugandan politician, businesswoman and management consultant. She has been the Member of Parliament for the Dokolo District Women’s Constituency. She has been a member of Uganda’s legislature continuously since 1996. She died on the 18 January 2024 after a short illness in India.
From 1979 until 1980, Ogwal worked at the Uganda Embassy in Kenya, as the Liaison Officer for Returning Ugandan Refugees. From 1980 until 1981, she worked as the Operations Manager at the Uganda Advisory Board of Trade. In 1982, she was one of the founders of Housing Finance Bank, working there until 1984. She served as the Chairperson of Uganda Development Bank, from 1981 until 1986.
Cecilia Ogwal Political Career
She became involved in Ugandan politics, serving as the Acting Secretary General of Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) from 1985 to 1992. In 1994, she was part of the Constituent Assembly which drafted and promulgated the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. She remained a high-ranking official in the UPC political party until 2004. During the 2006 parliamentary elections, she lost her Lira Municipality seat to Jimmy Akena, the son of UPC founder Milton Obote.
In 2011, Ogwal contested and won the Women’s Representative seat for the newly created Dokolo District. This time she switched political parties and ran as a full member of the Forum for Democratic Change party. Additional Data has been extracted from Wikipedia
May Her Soul Rest In Peace.
