Judith Alyek

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Judith Alyek
ConstituencyKole District
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
2016
Personal details
Born (1971-10-08) 8 October 1971 (age 49)
Uganda
NationalityUganda
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
OccupationPolitician

Judith Alyek (born 8 October 1971) is a Ugandan politician and the district Woman Representative for Kole District in Uganda's 10th Parliament. She is a member of the National Resistance Movement on whose ticket she ran on in the 2016 general elections. She also serves as the Chairperson on the Committee on HIV/AIDS and related diseases.[1]

Background and education[]

Judith Alyek attended primary at Atan Primary School in Kole District. Between 1987 and 1990, she attended St. Catherine SS in Lira for her O Levels and attained her UACE from Dr. Obote College, Boroboro in 1993.

Career[]

Here is a detailed career history of Alyek:[2]

Memberships[]

She serves on the following additional role of the Parliament of Uganda:[2]

  • Chairman – Committee on HIV/AIDS and related diseases[2]
  • Member – Business Committee
  • Member – Committee on Health
  • Member – Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA)[3][1]
  • Member – Board of the Uganda Aids Commission[4]
  • Patron – SERVE Uganda[5] [2]
  • Member – International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

Activism[]

As Chairperson for the committee on HIV/AIDS and related diseases, she has called for the mandatory testing of men for HIV/AIDS. She has also called for local leaders to disclose their HIV status as an example to the people they lead.[6]

In July 2017, she moved a motion for Implementation of all Policies and Legislations relating to Children.[7] She urged for the formation of an authority that would make it easy monitor and implement Children's' Rights[8]

In the wake of the death of Dickens Okello in 2018,[9] she urged fellow members of parliament from the Lango region to review and recommend actions to be taken against "Indians who are accused of violating the rights of the people of Lango."[10]

Marriage[]

In 2017, Alyek claimed to be married to Richard Odongo and denied the claims by the deputy clan chief of Inomo clan that Ambrose Eger, then deceased, was her husband.[11]

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Government Designates Committee Chairpersons | Mbabule FM". mbabulefm.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Parliament of Uganda". parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Members of UWOPA of 10th Parliament | Uganda Women Parliament Association". uwopa.or.ug. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ^ "The Board". aidsuganda.org. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. ^ "About Us -Sustainable Effort for Rural Vulnerable-group Empowerment". serve.ug. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Leaders on the spot on HIV disclosure". The Independent Uganda. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  7. ^ "MPs root for creation of Childrens' Authority". theinsider.ug. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. ^ "MPs root for creation of Childrens' Authority". Uganda Mirror. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Two arrested over murder of 11-year-old pupil". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Two men held over death of pupil". newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  11. ^ "MP disowns dead husband". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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