Silas Aogon
Silas Aogon(born 17 November 1976) is a male Ugandan Accountant andMember of Parliamentof Kumi Municipality,Kumi District.[1][2][3]He has served in the tenth and eleventhParliament of Ugandaas anindependent politician.[1][4][5][6][7]
Education background
[edit]In 1991, he completed his Primary Leaving Examination from Kumi Primary School and later joined Wiggins Secondary School in 1995 to pursue hisUganda Certificate of Education.[1]He was awarded aUganda Advanced Certificate of Educationin 1998 from Elgon High School - Mbale.[1]Silas holds a Diploma of Stores Management fromMakerere University Business School(2000) and a Certified Public Accountant of Uganda from ICPAU (2013).[1]
Career before politics
[edit]Before joining theParliament of Ugandaas aMember of Parliament,Silas was employed as an Accounts Assistant (2006-2009), Stores Assistant (2006) and Senior Accounts Assistant (2009-2015) at Bukedea District Local Government.[1]He also worked at Kumi District Local Government as the Stores Assistant in the year 2002 and 2006.[1][8]
Political career
[edit]He has been theMember of Parliamentat theParliament of Ugandafrom 2016 to date in the tenth and eleventh Parliament of Uganda.[1]
He serves on the Professional body as an associate at ICPAU.[1]He is the member of the Public Accounts Committee and Committee on Natural Resources.[1][9]He is the UWOPA Associate Member.[10]
He was among the 4 MPs from Teso Sub-region who vowed to go on strike if government failed to evenly distribute food.[11]During the COVID-19 outbreak, he said that many Ugandans are facing economic hardships due to closure of businesses and urged the government to open the country so that people can trade.[12]
Personal life
[edit]He is married.[1]His hobbies are watching football, travelling, playing pool and reading newspapers.[1]He is interested in counselling and fundraising.[1]Before joining politics, he used to be a master of ceremonies (MC) and events manager at various functions.[1][8]He is a member of the Parliamentary Forum on Social Protection which specifically deals with issues of the elderly.[8]
See also
[edit]- List of members of the tenth Parliament of Uganda
- List of members of the eleventh Parliament of Uganda
- Parliament of Uganda
- Kumi District
- Member of Parliament
External links
[edit]References
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- ^Independent, The (2020-10-30)."Teso clergy help candidates to make peace before campaigns".The Independent Uganda.Retrieved2021-04-04.
- ^"Aogon Silas - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls".visiblepolls.org.Retrieved2021-04-04.
- ^"Government spent money on speculation, there are no locusts in Kumi; every coin must be accounted for – Silas Aogon, MP Kumi Municipality".Matooke Republic.2020-02-12.Retrieved2021-04-04.
- ^"Aogon Silas - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls".visiblepolls.org.Retrieved2023-02-09.
- ^"Silas Aogon".theyworkforyou.github.io.Retrieved2023-02-09.
- ^abcNAMULOKI, JOSEPHINE."Aogon: I will not let down youth, women and elderly".The Observer - Uganda.Retrieved2021-04-04.
- ^"Hon. Aogon Silas".MPScan Uganda.Retrieved2021-04-04.
- ^"UWOPA Associate Members | Uganda Women Parliamentary Association".uwopa.or.ug.Retrieved2021-04-04.
- ^"TESO MPs issue ultimatum on food delivery – Parliament Watch".parliamentwatch.ug.Retrieved2021-04-04.
- ^"Cabinet directs Health Ministry to review Covid SOPs".Daily Monitor.Retrieved2021-04-04.