Everlyn Chemutai (born 12 October 1976) is a Ugandan accountant and legislator. She has been the woman Representative

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of the

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for the

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since 2016. She is affiliated with the

National Resistance Movement The National Resistance Movement (; abbr. NRM) has been the ruling party in Uganda since 1986. History The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla war through its rebel wing National ...

(NRM).

Background and education

Everlyn Chemutai was born on 12 October 1976. She completed her Primary Leaving Examination in 1989 from Chebinyiny Primary School. She completed her

Uganda Certificate of Education In Uganda, students receive the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) when they finish the four year lower secondary school. It is comparable to GCE O-Level in the UK. UCE is also called "O-Level" by the people in Uganda. The UCE examinations are ...

from Gamatui Girls S.S. in 1993. She then went to Sebei College Tegere from where she completed her

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education In Uganda, students receive the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) when they finish the 2-year upper secondary school which is also called the HSC (meaning High School Certificate). It is comparable to GCE A-Level in the UK. UACE is ...

in 1997. She was awarded with a Diploma in

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from Uganda College of Commerce,

Soroti Soroti is a city in Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main city, commercial, and administrative center in Soroti District, one of the nine administrative districts in the Teso sub-region. Soroti city was immediately app ...

in 2000. She went for her further studies and she graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Accounting in

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in 2012.

Work experience

Everlyn Chemutai was an Accounts Assistant for Wilcon Enterprises, Soroti from 2001–2002. She became the Bursar for Moroto High School from 2002–2006. She became the Project Accountant for Africa Leadership Institute from 2004 - 2011. She was the Accounts/ Records Assistant for The AIDS support Organization (TASO) Uganda from 2012 -2015. She became the Member of Parliament of Uganda from 2016 to date. She is the vice chairperson for the Committee on HIV/AIDS and Related Matters. She is also a member of the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.

Other contributions

She has Supported Football Leagues, Supported Women Groups, Supported University Students Association within her region. Everlyn Chemutai participated in the parliamentary session where MPs had to vote on whether to scrap Mobile Money tax or not and she said YES.

References

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