Tuma Ruth
Tuma Ruth | |
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| Died | July 2016 Kampala International Hospital |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Resting place | Namutumba district |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
| Alma mater | Uganda Christian University |
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| Years active | 2001-2016 |
| Known for | Politics |
| Term | 11 years |
| Successor | Agnes Nabirye |
| Political party | National Resistance Movement (NRM) |
| Spouse(s) | Rev Canon Dr Tom Tuma |
Tuma Ruth (died 2016) was a Ugandan politician and educator who served in the seventh (2001 - 2006)[1] and eighth (2006 - 2011) Parliament of Uganda representing Jinja District[2].
Background and Education
In 2016, She died of cancer on the 13th of July at Kampala International Hospital following a protracted struggle.[3] Majid Dhikusooka, the Jinja National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Vice chairperson and a close family friend, confirmed that Tuma was battling cancer for many months.[3] Before her death, she was flown to South Africa for medical attention.[3] Ruth was buried at her ancestral home in Namutumba District.[1] She was known for championing the girl child education in Busoga.[2] The girl child education was intended by the former speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga[2]. Tuma had interest in community service, children's issues and education[1] and remembered for being a role model from her childhood.[4] She also associated with rural women in providing coffee seedlings and banana suckers to them in bid to improve their livelihood[2].
She obtained her Bachelors of Arts in Education and a Masters' Degree of Education in Planning and Administration from Uganda Christian University, Mukono.[1]
Personal life
Ruth was married to Rev Canon Dr Tom Tuma and she died in 2016 survived by four children with one named Dorothy Tuma.[1]
Career Journey
Tuma was a teacher from Kyambogo National and Bishop Willis Teachers colleges[1]. She also served as the woman Member of Parliament of Jinja District from 2001 to 2006[2]. In 2016, Tuma was defeated by Agnes Nabirye in the National Resistance Movement primaries where she was among the candidates with least votes and this ended her political career which shuttered her efforts to regain her parliamentary position in the tenth parliament[2][3].
Parliamentary duties
During Tuma's time at the Parliament, she was the chairperson of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children and a member of the finance and budget committees for the Uganda Parliament Parliamentarians for Global Action.[1] She served in other different capacities that included being a member of the board of directors', deputy convener for peace and democracy, President of Federation of University Women of Africa[1]. In 2007, Ruth Tuma, the chairperson of the forum, appealed for the protection of children from sexual offenders and demanded that parliament should play a more active role in protecting human rights and fighting poverty.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Former Jinja district MP Ruth Tuma passes on". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Jinja Former Legislator Succumbs to Cancer". ChimpReports. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gulumaire, Andrew. "Former Jinja Woman MP Dead". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ↑ "Ruth Tuma". ChimpReports. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ↑ "Ugandan legislators urge funding for children in northern Uganda - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
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