Lawrence Cherop Mangusho
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Lawrence Cherop Mangusho as of march 2021 is a Ugandan, public administrator, farmer and politician. He is the outgoing member of parliament for Kween County, Kween District, Under the National resistance movement (NRM) the ruling political party in Uganda[1]. He was a member the NRM Parliamentary Caucus and serves on the Committee on Physical Infrastructure and the Committee on Government Assurances in the 10th Parliament of Uganda[2].
Mongusho formerly served as LCV chairperson and councilor for Kween district Local Government and as the LCV councilor, secretary finance and chairperson district tender board for Kapchorwa District Local Government. He also previously served as the NRM district chairperson for Kween and Kapchorwa Districts.
Background and education
Mangusho was born in Kaproron Subcounty, Kween district, on 12 August 1961. His father Reuben Thwamun was a primary school teacher and his mother Susan Cheptoyek a Peasant farmer. He had his primary education at Chemwania Primary School and attained his PLE certification in 1977.
He then progressed to Sebei Secondary School for his O-Level education and Green Light High School for his A-Level education, attaining a UCE certification in 1981 and a UACE in 2013.
Mangusho also attended the Ministry of works and transport's Mt Elgon Labour-based Training Centre (MELTC), where he attained a Certificate in Contract management in 1998 and Makerere Institute of Adult and continuing education for a Certificate in Public adminstration in 2006. In 2016, he attained a Diploma in Social Work & Social works and social adminstration(Dip. SWASA) from Makerere Metropolitan Management Institute(MMMI). Additionally, Mangusho has 2003 Certificate in Entrepreneurship from Enterprise Uganda[1].
Career
Earlier in his career, Mangusho served as a member and later on as chairperson of the Kapchorwa District tender board from 1993 to 1997. From about the same time and up until 1998, he served as the secretary finance for Kween County on the LCV Council for Kapchorwa District. In 1998, he became an LCV Councilor for Kapchorwa District Local Government and served in that capacity up until 2010 when Kween County was upgraded to a district[1].
From 2010 to 2011, he served as the LCV councilor for the then newly founded Kween District Local Government and was eventually elected LCV chairperson for the district in 2011[3]. He lost the elective position in the 2012 by-elections and became a full-time farmer from then on.
On involuntarily losing the LCV chairmanship, Mangusho Joined the 2016 parliamentary polls, a move that saw him win both the NRM party's 2015 primary elections and the 2016 general elections thereby becoming a member of the 10th Parliament of Uganda representing Kween County in Kween District[4]. In the 10th Parliament, Mangusho serves on the Committee on Physical Infrastructure and the Committee on Government Assurances. He is also a member of the NRM Parliamentary Caucus, the Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change (PFCC), the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Water Sanitation and Hygiene, as well as the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Youth Affairs (UPFYA).
References
- ^ a b c "Parliament of Uganda". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ "Sebei, Bugisu leaders set conditions as demarcation of Elgon National park begins January 16". Oduut Daily News Dose. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ "Kween By-election - Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU)". www.ccedu.org.ug. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ administrator (2016-02-25). "2016 General Elections". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2021-03-14.