Ssinabulya Sylvia Namabidde
Ssinabulya Sylvia Namabidde | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 December 1964 |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Citizenship | Ugandan |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Notable work | Introduced new maternal care legislation and initiated new legislation in Uganda to get maternal care on Uganda’s budget for the first time |
Ssinabulya Sylvia Namabidde (24 December 1964) is a Ugandan politician. She became the Member of Parliament for Mityana district[1] in 2001.[2] She served in the eighth and ninth Parliament of Uganda under the National Resistance Movement political party.
Career[edit]
Namabidde is qualified in the areas of education, management, and public health in the government and civil society sector.[2][3] Within the national political policy, she introduced new maternal care legislation and initiated new legislation in Uganda to get maternal care on Uganda’s budget for the first time.[2][3] She is known for her advocacy on behalf of mothers.[2][3] Namabidde, who is also a women's activists, promotes the reproductive health and save the lives of mothers and their newborn babies.[4] In 2006, she was dismayed that the government had not taken the issue of maternal and infant mortality seriously.[4]
Ssinabulya is the chairperson of Network of African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians.[3] She is the committee chairperson of Cheza which was registered on January 22, 2014 and officially launched by the commissioner for Education and Sports on July 28, 2014.[5] The first school to embrace the game was Greenhill Academy.[5] Cheza also known as Okwepena (Luganda) is a game that almost every young girl played, everywhere, even by the roadside.[5]
She is the newly appointed Chairperson Mityana District Service Commission.[6]
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References[edit]
- ^ Kaaya, Sadab Kitatta. "Museveni: sack striking teachers". The Observer - Uganda. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ a b c d "Sylvia Ssinabulya". Women Deliver 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ a b c d Mwesigye, Shifa. "MPs pledge to amplify demands to force supply". The Observer - Uganda. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ a b Nandutu, Agness (29 November 2006). "Uganda: Ssinabulya's Dream for Mityana". AllAfrica.
- ^ a b c "Once...more...over! What Kwepena looks like now". Monitor. 2021-01-08. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Mityana District Local Government".