Background
He was born at Saint Mary"s Hospital Lacor, in Gulu Municipality on 10 December 1973. His father, Dusman Okee Senior (5 January 2042 - 3 January 2016), is also the father of Norbert Mao.
private secretary speaker vice president
He was born at Saint Mary"s Hospital Lacor, in Gulu Municipality on 10 December 1973. His father, Dusman Okee Senior (5 January 2042 - 3 January 2016), is also the father of Norbert Mao.
He attended Christ the King Demonstration School in Gulu for his elementary schooling. He studied at Kyambogo University, at that time called Kyambogo Polytechnic. He graduated from Kyambogo with a Diploma in Biochemistry.
He transferred to Ntare School in Mbarara for his high school education. He then joined Uganda Christian University in Mukono, graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Later, he studied at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, obtaining a Diploma in International Trade and a Master of Science in International Trade.
Kidega was a student leader in the 1990s, rising to the rank of Chairman of the National Youth Council.
He worked as the Private Secretary to the Vice President of Uganda from 2000 to 2001. He was first elected to the EALA in 2007 and was re-elected for a second term in 2012.
On 19 December 2014 he was elected unopposed as the fourth Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly, replacing Margaret Zziwa of Uganda, who was impeached by the Assembly for "alleged impunity, incompetence, intimidation of members, among other reasons". He will serve the remainder of his predecessor"s term until June 2017.
He is a member of the National Executive Council (Nippon Electric Corporation), the highest organ of the ruling National Resistance Movement political party.
Daniel Fred Kidega was a member of President Museveni"s national campaign taskforce in 2001. He served as a Member of Parliament in the Seventh Parliament from 2001 until 2006, as a National Youth Representative. He was a member of President Museveni"s national campaign team in 2011.