Kadaga Rebecca Alitwala is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Kadaga Rebecca Alitwala as Ugandan politician.
Kadaga Rebecca Alitwala was born at Kamuli in 1956. Her recorded nationality is Uganda. She was educated at Makerere University and University of Zimbabwe.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The record of office reads: Member of Parliament of Uganda, Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda (2011–2021) and Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda (from 2021).
Her political affiliation is recorded as National Resistance Movement.
The test of a public life is what remained possible afterwards that had not been possible before.
That the career was made in Uganda is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Kadaga Rebecca Alitwala's career is not finished, and the historical verdict on it has not been reached.
Achievements
- Member of Parliament of Uganda
- Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda (2011–2021)
- Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda (from 2021)
- Minister for East African Community Affairs
- Educated at Makerere University and University of Zimbabwe
