Winnie Kiiza

She is also the incumbent Member of Parliament representing the Kasese District Women in the 10th Ugandan Parliament (2016 to 2021).

In May 2016, Kiiza, at age 44, was appointed Leader of Opposition in the parliament of Uganda, making her the first woman to assume that position in the history of the country.

Kiiza's entry into full-time politics occurred in the 1996 to 2001 political season, during which she served on the Kasese District Local Council as the District Secretary for Finance. In 2001, she was reelected to the district council, serving as Secretary for Education and later Secretary for Social Services. She contested the Kasese District Women's parliamentary seat in 2006, on the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) political party ticket. She won and was elected in 2011 and in 2016.

Winifred Kiiza (born 26 November 1972) is a Ugandan female teacher and politician, who served as the Leader of Opposition in the Ugandan Parliament, from May 2016 until August 2018. She was replaced as Leader of Opposition by Betty Aol Ochan.

Winifred Kiiza was born on 26 November 1972, in Nsenyi Village, Kisinga sub-county, Kasese District, in the Western Region of Uganda. Her mother, Modesty Muke, was a supporter of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) political party, while her father, Kanyere Constance Muke, belonged to the Democratic Party (DP). Kiiza's father died when she was ten years old, leaving her care and that of her siblings in the hands of a single unemployed mother.