Sarah Achieng Opendi

Background

She was born in Tororo District on 26 September 1968.

Education

She studied accounting, graduating from the National College of Business Studies, in 1994, with the Diploma in Accounting.

Career

She is the State Minister for Primary Healthcare in the Ugandan Cabinet. She was appointed to that position on 15 August 2012. Prior to that, from 27 May 2011 until 15 August 2012, she served as the State Minister for Lands.

In the cabinet reshuffle of 1 March 2015, she retained her cabinet post.

That same year, she graduated from Makerere University with the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration. In 2005, she received the degree of Master of Business Administration, also from Makerere.

Her professional career began in 1994 as an Accounts Assistant at Uganda Consolidated Proportions Limited, a subsidiary of the government-owned Uganda Development Corporation (United Daughters of the Confederacy). In 1996, she was promoted to Accountant, at the same company, serving in that capacity until 1998.

From 1998 until 2000, she served as the Deputy Speaker of Tororo District Council.

She also served as an Inspectorate Officer in the office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG), from 1999 until 2003. From 2003 to 2004, she was promoted to Senior Inspectorate Officer, in the IGG"s office. From 2004 until 2006, she was promoted to Principal Inspetorate Officer in the office of the IGG. During the same timeframe, she served as the Deputy Project Coordinator of the DANIDA Anti-Corruption Project.

From 2006 until 2007, she served as the Accountant of the Acholi Bursary Program, a project of the Royal Netherlands Embassy.

From 2009 until 2010, she served as the Finance Manager of Windle Trust Uganda, an non-governmental organization. In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 August 2012, Opendi was appointed Minister of State for Primary Healthcare. Sarah Achieng Opendi is single.

She is of the Roman Catholic faith.

Politics

In 2011, she successfully contested the parliamentary seat of Women"s Representative for Tororo District under the National Resistance Movement political party ticket. She belongs to the National Resistance Movement political party.

Membership

Sarah Achieng Opendi is also the elected Member of Parliament for Tororo District Women"s Representative.

Connections

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