Catherine Lamwaka
Catherine Lamwaka (born 25 December 1983) is a Ugandan politician and a member of the 11th Parliament of Uganda representing Omoro District.
Quotes
edit- I am a married woman and I have children of my own and many whom am sponsoring in various schools including 23 girls and six boys. I feel I have a responsibility as a parent and a leader, when I come across a young person getting to do wrong things
- There is a need for in-depth due diligence to present findings that can enable us to have a deep understanding of the questions of the balalo for a long-lasting solution to this issue”
- We must provide the direction for an alternative means of livelihood than sales of land, our people should get into production. Our negotiations should focus on special affirmative actions on Agro- agro-industrialization and related value addition chain support to bring our people into the money economy.
- We need to address the root cause why people are selling their land, once we can dialogue and people understand then automatically the issues would be sorted”
- Women who vie for direct constituency seats are targeted for abuse, and this has led many to resolve that the violence is not worth enduring,”
- women are called “prostitute” and other names, told to focus on marital concerns, and generally put down and berated.
- Term limits will not take away the fact that women continue to face systemic barriers that keep them from participating in political processes and decision-making. I’d rather we draw lessons from other countries that have systems of affirmative action, as well as those without,”
