Catherine Lamwaka | |
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Born | 25 December 1983 |
Nationality | Ugandan |
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Known for | politics |
Political party | National Resistance Movement (NRM) |
Catherine Lamwaka (born 25 December 1983) is a Ugandan politician and a member of the 11th Parliament of Uganda representing Omoro District.
Lamwaka is a female member of the Parliament of Uganda.[1] She is a District Woman Representative for the Omoro District[2] and a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) political party. The NRM party is the ruling political party in Uganda[3] under the chairmanship of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the president of Uganda.[4] She previously served as a Resident-District Commissioner for Gulu District[5] and Pader District.[6]
Lamwaka started her primary education at Gulu Primary School where she completed her primary-leaving examinations. In 1996, she attended Sacred Heart Secondary School, Gulu, for her O-level and A-level education where she appeared for the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations in 2000 and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations in 2002.[7] She later joined Gulu University where, in 2006, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in development studies. In 2008, she acquired a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management from the Uganda Management Institute.
Since 2016, Lamwaka has been a member of the Parliament of Uganda, representing the people of the Omoro District as a District Woman Representative.[8] She serves on the Government Assurance Committee in the Parliament of Uganda and is a member of and vice chairperson for the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA).[9] She served under the office of the president as Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Gulu District, from 2014 to 2015[10] and as Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Pader District, from 2010 to 2014.[11] Lamwaka served as a Community Development Officer for Amuru District from 2007 to 2010,[12] and earlier in her career as a research assistant for the Gulu NGO Forum from 2006 to 2007.