Specioza Kazibwe
Specioza Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe ( born July 1, 1955 in Iganga, eastern Uganda ) is a Ugandan politician and women's rights activist and former Vice-President.
Life
After studying medicine at Makerere University in Kampala, she worked as a doctor.
Your political career began as a member of the youth and women's organization the " Ugandan Democratic Party " ( UDP). In the early 1980s she was local chairman, founded by Yoweri Museveni " National Resistance Movement " (NAM ). After working as a Frauenrepräsentin the NRM in the district of Kampala in 1986 she was chairman of the campaign advisory committee of Museveni in his first presidential bid in 1986.
1989 appointed Prime Minister Samson Kisekka them to Deputy Minister of Industry. In the successor government of George Cosmas Adyebo she was from January 22, 1991 Minister of Gender and Community Development.
1994 Dr. Kazibwe was the successor of Kisekka Vice President of Uganda. She became the first African woman who held such an office. At the same time she was Minister for Agriculture, livestock and fishing industry. In 1994 she was elected to the Constituent Assembly, and in 1996 as MP for the constituency of South Kigulu in Parliament.
In 1998 she founded in cooperation with the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, " African Women Committee on Peace and Development" ( AWCDP ).
On 21 May 2003, she then retired from the political scene after she filed for divorce from her husband in April 2002, whom she accused of domestic violence. This was an outspoken for Ugandan relations " political issue " because, although violence against women and polygamous marriages in Uganda quite common, divorce applications ( by women) but are rare. Through her performances in public, they broke a taboo in the Ugandan society.
Later Dr. Kazibwe took a medical degree at Harvard University.