Dorothy Nyakato
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Dorothy Nyakato Nzibonera is a Ugandan politician who is the Woman Member of Parliament for
Kitagwenda District Kitagwenda District is a district in Western Uganda. The district is named after ''Kitagwenda County'', which is coterminous with the district. Kitagwenda District is part of the Kingdom of Toro, one of the ancient traditional monarchies in U ...
in Uganda in the eleventh
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of the Republic of Uganda. She is affiliated to the
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the ruling political party in Uganda after the January, 2021 polls. She is also an accountant by profession and has served as an accounting assistant at the Human Rights Center Uganda. In the 11th parliament, she serves on the Committee on Education and Sports.


Background and education

Dorothy Nyakato hails from the Kitagwenda District in Western Uganda. She is a Christian and is an Anglican. Dorothy is married to Robert Kabandize as of March, 2022.


Political career

She is the woman representative of parliament of Kitagwenda district the eleventh Parliament of Uganda. She defeated Asiimwe Joan of the
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, Ninsiima Grace who had lost to Dorothy in the primaries and Kenyonyonzi Efrance who contested as independents in the January, 2021 polls to win the election by majority of the votes cast. She has also served as an Accounts Assistant at the Human Rights Center, Uganda a role she holds to date.


See also

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List of members of the eleventh Parliament of Uganda A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...


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