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4 Personal life and death  





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Cecilia Ogwal
Born

Cecilia Barbara Atim


(1946-12-06)6 December 1946
Died18 January 2024(2024-01-18) (aged 77)
India
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi
(BCom)
Uganda Management Institute
(Cert.Hum.Res.Mgmnt)
Occupation(s)Politician, businesswoman
Years active1970–2024
Known forPolitics
TitleMember of Parliament
Dokolo District Women's Constituency
SpouseLameck Ogwal

Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal (6 December 1946 – 18 January 2024) was a Ugandan politician, businesswoman and management consultant. She was the Member of Parliament for the Dokolo District Women's Constituency. She was a member of Uganda's legislature continuously from 1996 until her death.[1]

Background and education[edit]

Cecilia Atim Ogwal was born in Dokolo District, British Protectorate of Uganda, on 6 December 1946. She attended local schools in Uganda. In 1967, at the age of 21, she was admitted to the University of East AfricainNairobi (now known as the University of Nairobi) to study for a Bachelor of Commerce degree. She graduated from Nairobi University in 1970. She also held a Certificate in Human Resources Management from what was then called the Institute of Public Administration, but is now known as Uganda Management Institute. She held two other certificates; one in Christian-Based Values from the Haggai Institute, Singapore, and the other in Public-Private Partnership, from Australia.[1][2]

Career[edit]

From 1979 until 1980, Ogwal worked at the Uganda Embassy in Kenya, as the Liaison Officer for Returning Ugandan Refugees. From 1980 until 1981, she worked as the Operations Manager at the Uganda Advisory Board of Trade. In 1982, she was one of the founders of Housing Finance Bank, working there until 1984. She served as the ChairpersonofUganda Development Bank, from 1981 until 1986.

Ogwal became involved in Ugandan politics, serving as the Acting Secretary GeneralofUganda People's Congress (UPC) from 1985 to 1992. In 1994, she was part of the Constituent Assembly which drafted and promulgated the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. She remained a high-ranking official in the UPC political party until 2004. During the 2006 parliamentary elections, she lost her Lira Municipality seat to Jimmy Akena, the son of UPC founder Milton Obote. In 2011, Ogwal contested and won the Women's Representative seat for the newly created Dokolo District. This time she switched political parties and ran as a full member of the Forum for Democratic Change party.[1][2]

Atim Ogwal Cecilia Barbara

Parliamentary duties[edit]

Ogwal was a member of parliamentary Committee of Physical Infrastructure in charge of overseeing and covering policy matters related to Lands, Housing, Urban development, Works and Transport, and Physical Planning.[3] She was also a member of the budget committee.[4]

Personal life and death[edit]

In 1969, at the age of 23, she won the "Miss Uganda" contest.[2]

Ogwal was a married mother of seven natural children and several adopted ones. She died of cancer in India on 18 January 2024, at the age of 77.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c POU (2011). "Profile of Atim Ogwal Cecilia Barbara: Woman Representative for Dokolo District". Parliament of Uganda (POU). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  • ^ a b c Magoba, Brian (15 September 2012). "Ogwal: Beauty Queen Who Turned Into An Iron Lady". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  • ^ "Parliament of Uganda". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  • ^ "Hon. Atim Ogwal Cecilia Barbara Cecilia". MPScan Uganda. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  • ^ The, Independent (18 January 2024). "Veteran Opposition Legislator Cecilia Ogwal is Dead". The Independent. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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