Rukiya Chekamondo

Rukiya Kulany Chekamondo (born 7 October 1965), sometimes spelled as Rukia Kulany Chekamondo, is a Ugandan educator and politician. She was the State Minister for Privatization in the Ministry of Finance, from June 2006 until May 2011.[1] In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, she was dropped from the cabinet and replaced by Aston Kajara.[2] She also served as the elected Member of Parliament (MP), for Kapchorwa District Women's Representative, from 2006 until 2011. During the 2011 national elections, she was defeated by the current incumbent MP, Phyllis Chemutai, an Independent politician.[3]

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  • COVID19 cases from Kapchorwa stand at 73 and most of these are the medical staff leaving the facility understaffed. The hospital does not have an ambulance which can be used in case of emergencies
  • I urge government to provide more PPEs for the staff so that the rest of the hospital can be opened and the citizens receive treatment
  • Kapchorwa District Hospital is not providing all services that it should but only handling the maternity ward and emergency services. Many health workers were found with the coronavirus and two of them passed on. With this, the hospital could not resume normal services
  • I thank the management for turning a public enterprise into a profitable venture
  • The decision to set up a regional radio station, Bukedde TV and to expand

Was timely as the country is going into a political important period