Kwizera Eudia
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Kwizera Eudia | |
|---|---|
| Died | 2017 May 12 Nsambya Hospital in Kampala |
| Resting place | Rubugiru Town Council in Kisoro District |
| Citizenship | Ugandan |
| Education | Certificate and Bachelors' Degree in Counselling |
| Occupation | grassroots mobilizer at Compassion International |
| Known for | Woman member of Parliament in the eighth Parliament of Uganda for Kisoro District from 2006 to 2011 |
| Successor | Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi |
| Political party | National Resistance Movement |
| Board member of | African Queens and Women Cultural Leaders Network |
| Children | Michael Kwizera |
Kwizera Eudia was a Ugandan politician and social worker. A member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, she served in the eighth Parliament of Uganda representing Kisoro District.[1][2]
She had a Certificate and Bachelors' Degree in Counselling.[3]
Political career
Kwizera was elected as the Woman Representative for Kisoro District in 2006 serving in the eighth Parliament of Uganda. She represented her constituency as a member of the NRM party until 2011. During her tenure in Parliament, she was involved in legislative debate and community advocacy, though specific committee assignments and bills she supported are not comprehensively recorded in public.[4]
In the 2011 Parliamentary elections, Kwisera lost her seat to Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi daughter of the then State Minister Philemon Mateke.[5]
Career life before death
She died in 2017 at the age of 60s from Nsambya Hospital in Kampala.[6][7][8] Kwizera was said to have died after a short illness.[1] Before her death, she served as the Woman member of Parliament in the eighth Parliament of Uganda for Kisoro District from 2006 to 2011 before Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi, the daughter of the State Minister, Philemon Mateke took over as the MP of Kisoro District.[3] Kwizera was buried at her ancestral home in Rubugiru Town Council in Kisoro District.[3]
Before her political career, she was also employed as the grassroots mobilizer at Compassion International.[3] She was a member of executive board at African Queens and Women Cultural Leaders Network.[3] Eudia, had only one son named Michael Kwizera.[3]
During the African MP meeting in Kenya, she encouraged African leaders to ensure the improvement of food production alongside processing and marketing.[9]