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Breeze Sarah Babirye Kityo
Ugandan politician

Breeze Sarah Babirye Kityo

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Ugandan politician
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Uganda, Uganda
Age
37 years
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Biography

Breeze Sarah Babirye Kityo (born 27 December 1986) is a Ugandan Politician and the elected Youth Representative for Central Region in Uganda's 10th Parliament. She is a member of the National Resistance Movement on whose ticket she ran on in the 2016 Ugandan general election. defeating Arthur Katongole, an independent rival.

Background and education

Sarah Babirye attended Luweero SDA Primary School and left in 1995. She then attended Mulusa Academy, Wobulenzi for both her O Levels (UCE) and A Levels (UACE) leaving in 1999. In 2015, she graduated with a Bachelor of Public Administration and Management from Uganda Christian University.

Career

The timeline of her political career is as follows:

  • 2005–2006 : Mobiliser, Office of the Resident District Commissioner, Wakiso District Local Government
  • 2006–2011 : Youth Female Councillor and Chairperson for National Resources and Production, Mukono District Local Government
  • 2011–2015 : Facilitator, National Youth Council
  • 2016 to date : Youth Representative, Central Region

In 2016, along with 4 other Ugandan Youth Members of Parliament, Sarah Babirye represented Uganda at the International Young Leaders Assembly (IYLA) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York

In 2017, Sarah Babirye represented Uganda as a keynote speaker at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Youth Program (CPA) celebration of Commonwealth Day 2017 in London.

Controversy

In early 2016, it was reported that her election opponents had petitioned court seeking to block her swearing in alleging that she was above the stipulated age. Later that year, it was still reported that the High Court in Masaka District had started hearing an election petition against Sarah Babirye on grounds of lying about her age which made her ineligible to be a Youth Member of Parliament.

In 2017, Sarah Babirye was taken to court for allegedly defaulting on a loan.

Committees, membership and appointments

  • 2018 - Appointed to an eight-member select Committee to investigate cases of sexual harassment in learning institutions.
  • Committee on HIV/AIDS and Related Diseases
  • Committee on Health
  • Member - Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA)

Personal life

It was claimed that in 2006, Sarah Babirye married Isaac Mukasa

She also helped the Uganda Women Parliamentary team qualify for the East African Parliamentary Games netball finals in 2016

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