MP Cecilia Atim Ogwal dies at 77

Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament and former Miss Uganda, Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal has died at the age of 77.

The Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, announced the death of Cecilia Ogwal Thursday morning on X (formerly Twitter).
Ogwal, 77, who has been MP since 1996, succumbed to cancer in India.
She was often referred to as the country’s “iron lady” for her criticism of the regime, and was among the Constituent Assembly delegates, and from 1996, represented the people of Lira Municipality up to 2005 when she lost the seat to Jimmy Akena.
This means she served two terms on a direct constituency election competed for by few women.
She was a Uganda Peoples Congress party steward. However, the former beauty queen-turned politician joined the Forum for Democratic Change after she fell out with UPC and contested for the Dokolo District Woman seat in 2006.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa eulogised Ogwal as instrumental in guiding and shaping local leaders.
Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, commonly known as Cecilia Ogwal, was a politician, businesswoman and management consultant.
She has been the Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament. She has been a member of Uganda’s legislature, since 1996.
She was born in Dokolo District, Northern Uganda, on June 12, 1946. She attended local schools in Uganda. In 1967, at the age of 21, she was admitted to the University of East Africa in Nairobi, (present day University of Nairobi), to study Bachelor of Commerce.
She graduated in 1970. She also held the Certificate in Human Resources Management from the Institute of Public Administration, now known as Uganda Management Institute.
She held two other certificates; one in Christian-Based Values from the Haggai Institute, Singapore, and the other in Public Private Partnership from Australia. She was a married mother, married to Lameck Ogwal, with seven children.