Career
She is the current State Minister for Tourism, Wildlife & Antiquities in the Cabinet of Uganda. She was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. She replaced Serapio Rukundo, who was dropped from the cabinet.
In the cabinet reshuffle of 1 March 2015, she retained her cabinet post.
Akiror was born in Kumi District on 28 July 1968. After attending a local primary school, she enrolled in Ngora High School in Ngora, graduating in 1984.
Foreign her A-Level education, she attended Mende Kalema Memorial Senior Secondary School, in Wakiso District, graduating from there in 1988. She attended the International Institute of Business and Media Studies, graduating in 2000, with the Diploma in Accounting.
She attended Uganda Martyrs University from 2006 until 2010, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Democracy & Development Studies.
She also holds the Certificate in Sustainable Human Development, obtained from Negev College in Israel in 2008. From 1988 until 1989, she served as an Accounting Assistant at Oya Rural Development Association. From 2000 until 2005, she served as the Managing Director of Eyalama, a local non-governmental organization. However, in 2010, she left the FDC and lost her parliamentary seat.
Agnes Akiror is single.
She is of the Roman Catholic faith.