BIOGRAPHY AND INSPIRING LIFE OF WINNIE KIZZA

WHO IS WINNIE KIZZA?

 Winfred Kizza is a Ugandan female politician and teacher by profession. 

She is the current leader of the opposition in parliament since the year 2016 and has been the member of the Forum for Democratic Change even before she became a member of parliament. 

She is currently the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Kasese district women in the 10^th parliament. Winnie Kizza was born in Kasese district on 26^th November 1972 in a village called Nsenyi Village which is found in Kisinga sub-county. 

Winnie Kizza was born in a politically active family where her mother who was called Modesty Muke was a supporter of the Uganda people’s congress (UPC) political party while her father who was called Kanyere Constance Muke joined the Democratic Party which is commonly abbreviated as DP. 

Winnie Kizza lost her father at a tender age of 10 and she along with her siblings were looked after by her mother who did not have a specific job to her name. 

Winnie Kizza had her elementary school education at three different schools namely,Nsenyi primary  school, Kisinga primary school and  Kajwenga primary school. 

After completing her primary school education, Winnie Kizza went to Saadi Memorial Secondary school and finally completed her Advanced level of education at Saint. 

Maria Goretti School which is found in Fortportal district that is found in the western part of Uganda. After completing her high school education, Winnie Kizza joined National College of Business Studies (NCBS) that was before it came to be called Makerere University Business School, Nakawa. 

During her ordinary level of education vacation, she started teaching in her alma mater, Kisinga primary school during the vacation of S.4 and also taught after completing her Advanced level of education, she started teaching at St. Maria Gorretti School. 

During the time when Bwera General Hospital was being constructed by the government of Uganda, Winnie Kizza worked for one of the contractors in the stores department. After that she worked for a tour guide  company  that was located at the Queen Elizabeth National Park. In the year 1996, Winnie Kizza decided to join full time politics. 

Between the year 1996 to 2001 she served on the Kasese district  local council where she was  District secretary for finance. In the year 2001, Winnie Kizza was again elected to the local district council where she served as secretary for Education and  secretary for Social services. 

In the year 2006, she contested for the Kasese Women’s parliamentary seat on opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change party ticket. She won the seat and was re-elected to the same post again in 2011 and also 2016. 

In the year 2016, Winnie Kizza who was 44 years old at the time was appointed the Leader of Opposition party in the parliament of Uganda and this made her the first woman in the history of Uganda to take up that position in parliament. 

Winnie Kizza is an inspiration to many Ugandan women and girls out there. She has been so vocal against the passing of the age limit bill that grants President Museveni the chance to run again for the presidential seat in Uganda.