Rose Emma Cherukut

Rose Emma Cherukut
Nationality	Ugandan
Citizenship	Uganda
Occupation(s)	Politician and legislator
Employer(s)	Kapchorwa district Kween district Parliament of Uganda
Known for	Politics
Title	Member of Parliament
Political party	National Resistance Movement (NRM)
Relatives	Lydia Chekwel

Rose emma Cherukut is a Ugandan politician and legislator. She represents the people of Kween district as district woman MP in the parliament of Uganda. She is a member of National Resistance Movement (NRM) a party under the chairmanship of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni president of the republic of Uganda.[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

Cherukut is a former Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for Kapchorwa district.[6][7][8] She came to parliament after winning the MP seat with 19,479 votes against Chekwel Lydia who garnered 13,550 votes.[1] Cherukut is a niece to Lydia Chekwel whom she defeated. Chekwel is married to Cherut's uncle.[9]

In the parliament of Uganda, Cherukut is a member on the committee on legal and parliamentary affairs. She is also a member on the Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government).[10]

Controversy

Cherukut was accused of high handedness when one of her body guards while she was still RDC in Kapchorwa shot dead a 14 year old lady while trying to disperse drunkards who had violated Covid 19 curfew rules.[11][12]

References

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2. "110 pictures of second day of new MPs swearing-in". Bukedde. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
3. "Here is the list of 132 MPs expected to be sworn in today". Matooke Republic. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
4. Tushabe, Nasa (2021-01-18). "Full List of Winners and Losers of 2021 Member of Parliament Elections". The Pearl Post. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
5. "Cherukut Rose Emma - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
6. "FULL LIST: Museveni Reshuffles RDCs". www.howwebiz.ug. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
7. "Appointment of Resident District Commissioners and their Deputies | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni". www.yowerikmuseveni.com. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
8. "Museveni appoints RDCs, Deputies again". Nile Post. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
9. "It is a family affair for Kween Woman MP seat". Monitor. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
10. "Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) – Parliament Watch". Retrieved 2022-04-07.
11. Writer, Secondopinion (2020-04-07). "RDC's army bodyguard arrested for shooting 14-year old in battle with drunkards". THE SECOND OPINION. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
12. Independent, The (2020-04-06). "Curfew: 14 year old girl shot in Kapchorwa". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-04-07.