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Juliet Rainer Kafiire

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Juliet Rainer Kafiire
Member of Parliament, Kibuku County
Constituent Assembly Delegate, Kibuku County
Member of Parliament, Kibuku County
Succeeded bySaleh Kamba
Deputy President General, DP
Succeeded byFred Mukasa Mbidde
Personal details
Born
Juliet Kafiire
Political partyDemocratic Party (Uganda)
Children3
OccupationPolitician

Juliet Rainer Kafiire is a Ugandan politician and legislator who represented Kibuku County in Pallisa between 1994 and 2006. She also served as the Deputy President General of Uganda's Democratic Party (DP).

Career

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During Uganda's 1994 Ugandan Constituent Assembly election, Kafiire was elected as the delegate to represent Pallisa[1] As a member of the National Caucus for Democracy (NCD), Kafiire was one of the fifty three Constituent Assembly Delegates who refused to endorse the 1995 constitution [2]

Kafiire represented Kibuku County in Uganda's Parliament between 1996 and 2006.[3] She eventually lost this position in the 2006 General Elections to Saleh Kamba who was affiliated to the National Resistance Movement (NRM)[4][5]

In November 2005, Kafiire was elected as the Deputy President General of Uganda's Democratic Party (DP)[6]

Personal life

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Kafiire was married to Joseph Rainer, a German national who died in 2007.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A Complete Guide to Uganda's Fourth Constitution - History, Politics and the Law (Fountain Publishers, 1995, 118 p.): Appendices: Appendix IV: Constituent Assembly Delegates". www.nzdl.org. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  2. ^ "[Ugnet] FLASHBACK: The 53 who refused to sign Constitution". www.mail-archive.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  3. ^ joomlasupport. "COVER STORY: Women who fear no man". The Observer - Uganda. Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  4. ^ "Former DP vice-president jailed over debt". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ^ Elunya, Joseph. "Court Dismisses DP Vice Presidents Election Petition". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ^ "Top DP Seats for Ranier Kafiire, Joseph Mukiibi and Betty Nambooze :". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  7. ^ "Child activist mourned". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-24.