Derrick Orone

Orone Derrick
Honorable
Derrick Orone
Member of Parliament for Gogonyo Constituency Pallisa District
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
Personal details
Born22 January 1988 (1988-01-22) (age 36)
Pallisa District
NationalityUgandan
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
SpouseMugabi Shifra (since 2016)
ResidenceKampala
Alma materSt. Lawrence University
(Bachelor's degree in Public Administration)
OccupationPolitician, Public administrator
Known forPolitics, Public Administration, leadership

Orone Derrick is a Ugandan politician who serves as a Member of Parliament representing Gogonyo Constituency Pallisa District.[1][2] He was elected on 14 January 2021.[3][4][5][6][7] He is a member of National Resistance Movement political party.[8][9][10][11] He serves as a member on the Appointments Committee in the Parliament of Uganda.[12]

Early life and education background

Orone was born on 22 January 1988 in Pallisa District. He attended Merryland High School Entebbe for both his 0 & A levels (2001–2007). He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from St. Lawrence University in 2019.[3][11]

Career

Working experience

He has worked at Maghrib agencies as director operations from 2009 to 2017.[13] He is the CEO of Rokas Recruitment Services Limited a recruitment agency as well as the CEO of Rydim Empire a Music Events Company which does Artiste music management and Events.[14][13][15]

Politics

In January 2021, he was elected as a Member of Parliament representing Gogonyo Constituency Pallisa District in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda (2021 to 2026) [11] in the 2021 Ugandan general election and on 21 May 2021 he sworn in as the Member of Parliament.[9][2][10]

Personal life

Orone is married to Mugabi Shifra (since 2018). He belongs to National Resistance Movement.[16][3][17]

References

  1. ^ "Magistrate court rejects Taligola's vote recount application". Daily Monitor. 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Swearing-in of MPs: Check out the final day in 72 pictures". New Vision.
  3. ^ a b c "Parliament of Uganda". Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  4. ^ https://www.ec.or.ug/ecresults/2021/MPS_RESULTS_2021.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ Independent, The (2022-08-12). "Derrick Orone wins Gogonyo County by-election". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  6. ^ "Orone Derrick - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  7. ^ "Derrick Orone Archives". Redpepper Uganda. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  8. ^ "Pallisa MP contestant to pay Shs16m". Daily Monitor. 13 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b "MP Derrick Orone Wins Damages of Ugx 8m". March 13, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "New Parliament takes shape". Daily Monitor. 16 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "Full List: All 529 Members Of The 11th Parliament". 19 January 2021.
  12. ^ https://www.parliament.go.ug/sites/default/files/MEMBERSHIP%20OF%20THE%20APPOINTMENTS%20COMMITTEE%20%282021-2022%29.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  13. ^ a b "Emma Carlos partners with manager Derrick Orone news – Chano8".[permanent dead link‍]
  14. ^ Parliament of Uganda [@Parliament_Ug] (20 May 2021). "Gogonyo County, a new constituency in Pallisa District will have Hon Derrick Orone as their Member of Parliament after he took oath. #11thParliamentStarts https://t.co/l75tNhIQQF" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "UGNEWS24 - I Didn't Benefit From the Music Business—Manager Derrick Orone". February 8, 2021.
  16. ^ "List of MPs who have been declared winners so far". Daily Monitor. 16 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Six candidates battle for Pallisa's Gogonyo MP seat". 28 December 2020.

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