Victoria Kakoko Sebagereka
Victoria Kakoko Sebagereka (17 July 1946 - 4 August 2021) was a Ugandan legislator, politician and AIDS activist. She served as the Woman Member of Parliament for Kayunga District in Uganda's seventh parliament.
Background and education
[edit]Sebagereka was born to Bernard Kakoko and Princess Agnes Nkwenge Bagaya Kakoko (commonly referred to as Anne Mega).[1][2]
She attended Kasukuru Palace Nursery and Kyebambe Primary School before enrolling at Bweranyangi Girls Senior Secondary School.[3] She completed her secondary education at Maryhill High School in Mbarara.[3]
Her tertiary education was at London College, England and then Kianda College, Kenya and she qualified as a secretary.[3]
Career
[edit]Activism
[edit]Kakoko served as the Chair of the National Council of Women in 1986.[4] As one of the conveners of the International Conference on Women's' Healthcare at Gayaza High School in 1990, she invited the late Philly Bongole Lutaaya to address the conference on his HIV/AIDS status.[5][1]
She then joined The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) as a member.[1][6]
Politics
[edit]During Uganda's 1994 Ugandan Constituent Assembly election, Sebagereka was elected as the delegate to represent Mukono.[7] During this time, she served on the 45-man Select Committee 4 which was responsible for "discussing chapters on; the Republic, Citizenship, Local Government and General and miscellaneous provisions" in the proposed constitution.[8]
Sebagereka later on served as the Woman Representative for Kayunga in Uganda's seventh parliament.[9]
Farming
[edit]Sebagereka was President of the Women's' Committee of International Federation of Agricultural Producers in addition to representing the Central Region at the Uganda National Farmers Association.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Victoria Sebagereka, The Voice of "Uganda Has AIDS" Goes Silent - SoftPower News". 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Toro Princess Bagaya Kakoko to be buried Friday". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ a b c "AKIIKI VICTORIA KAKOKO SEBAGEREKA". Aplus Funeral Management. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Akiiki Victoria Sebagereka, she was a member of Parliament for Kayunga District. She began the fight against HIV/AIDS while serving as Chair of National Council of Women in 1986 :: Uganda Radionetwork". ugandaradionetwork.net. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ The culture of AIDS in Africa : hope and healing in music and the arts. Gregory F. Barz, Judah M. Cohen. New York: Oxford University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-978136-2. OCLC 757379693.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Neighbours". cdn-src.tasmaniantimes.com.s3.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "A Complete Guide to Uganda's Fourth Constitution - History, Politics and the Law (Fountain Publishers, 1995, 118 p.): Appendices: Appendix IV: Constituent Assembly Delegates". www.nzdl.org. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ Nganda, Ssemujju Ibrahim. "How Mutebi reclaimed his stolen kingdom". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "CMIS Repository | Parliament of Uganda".
- ^ "Unite ââ'¬" Akello Tells Farmers". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- 1946 births
- 2021 deaths
- Ugandan activists
- Members of the Parliament of Uganda
- Women members of the Parliament of Uganda
- People educated at Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School
- People educated at Maryhill High School
- Ugandan HIV/AIDS activists
- People from Kayunga District
- Ugandan women activists
- 20th-century Ugandan politicians
- 20th-century Ugandan women politicians