Kyomugasho Jolly Mugisha

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Kyomugasho Jolly Mugisha
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Kyomugasho is a social worker by training and a politician by conviction. She is the Deputy President of National Unity Platform (NUP), the leading opposition political party in Uganda. She joined NUP in July 2020 and was appointed to head the party in Western Uganda, the area which is home to the majority of leaders and founders the National Resistance Movement (NRM) including the president. Currently, she is the vice chair of Uganda’s National Consultative forum for all registered Political Parties and organizations (N.C.F), where she is representing her party.

Her passion for social change against injustices started at an early age inspired by the inherent patriarchal biases that defined her society where, she is the only one among her six sisters who went to school and completed education without being pulled out for marriage, free manual labour, discrimination, and other gender stereotypes that affected girl children at the time.

Till date, as a top leader in the opposition politics and through holding several management level positions, her emphasis is on promoting unity, mobilising more people for civic engagement, training the elected ones to become better legislators for better pro-people policies and to offer leadership to her party and other opposition parties that are fighting for democracy, rule of law and good governance. She is committed to making a positive change in people’s lives in Uganda.