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Mary Karooro Okurut is a Ugandan author, educator, and politician. She was born on 8 December 1954 in Bushenyi, Uganda. She is the current Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development in the Cabinet of Uganda.
Okurut is a graduate of Makerere University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Education from the same university.
Okurut has served in various capacities in the Ugandan government, including as Minister of Education and Sports, Minister of Public Service, and Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development. She has also served as a Member of Parliament for Bushenyi District.
Okurut is the author of several books, including "The Role of Women in Education and Development" and "Women in Politics and Leadership". She is also a member of the Uganda Women's Network and the Uganda Women's Parliamentary Association.
Okurut is married and has four children.
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8 December, 1954 |
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8 December |
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Bushenyi, Uganda |
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Uganda |
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Who Is Mary Karooro Okurut's Husband?
Her husband is Stanislaus Okurut (?-2014)
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In 2004, Mary Karooro Okurut contested for the Bushenyi District Women's Constituency on the National Resistance Movement political party ticket. She won and has represented that constituency in the Parliament of Uganda until today. She served as Minister of Information and National Guidance from May 2011 until May 2013, when she was reassigned to her current docket. In a cabinet reshuffle on 1 March 2015, she was appointed Security Minister. As of April 2020, karoro okurut is the minister for general duties in the office of the prime minister
Mary K. Okurut was married to Hon. Stanislaus Okurut until his death on the morning of 5 April 2014; together they had eight children – five boys and three girls. She is of the Protestant faith.
Prior to her political career, Okurut was perhaps best known for her contributions to Ugandan literature both as a writer and as the founder of the Uganda Women Writers Association (FEMRITE), an organisation which has since received international attention and has to date produced one winner of the Caine Prize, Arach Monica de Nyeko, whose story "Jambula Tree" won in 2007.
Karooro Okurut's literary publications include these novels: (a) "The Invisible Weevil" (1998) (ISBN 9789970901029) and (b) "The Official Wife" (ISBN 9789970024018). She also edited "A Woman's Voice" (1998) (ISBN 9789970901036), a collection of short stories by Ugandan women writers.
Mary Karooro Okurut began lecturing at Makerere, in the Department of Literature in 1981, as soon as she completed her Master's degree. She maintained her status as Lecturer, until 1993. She took up employment as the press secretary to the Vice-President of Uganda from 1994 until 1996. Between 1996 and 1999 she served as Commissioner, Education Service Commission in the Ugandan Ministry of Education. From 1999 until 2004, she served as the press secretary of the President of Uganda. In 2004 she entered elective Ugandan politics.
Mary Busingye Karooro Okurut (born 8 December 1954), more commonly known as Mary Karooro Okurut, is a Ugandan educator, author and politician. She is the current Cabinet Minister in Charge of General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, in the Ugandan Cabinet. She was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016. Prior to that, from 1 March 2015 until 6 June 2016, she served as Cabinet Minister for National Security. She was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015, replacing Wilson Muruli Mukasa, who was appointed Minister of Gender and Social Issues. Between 2012 and 2015, she served as the Minister of Gender and Social Issues in the Cabinet of Uganda. She was appointed to that position in 2012. She replaced Syda Bumba, who resigned from Cabinet. Mary Karoro Okurut also serves as the elected Member of Parliament for Bushenyi District Women's Constituency.
She was born in Bushenyi District on 8 December 1954. She attended Bweranyangi Primary School and Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School for her elementary and middle school education, in that order. In 1972, at the age of 18, she entered Trinity College Nabbingo to carry out her high school education. In 1974, she entered Makerere University, graduating in 1977 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Literature (BA.Lit). Three years later, in 1981, she graduated with the degree of Master of Arts in Literature (MA.Lit), also from Makerere University. In 1982, she added the Diploma in Education (Dip.Ed), from the same university.
