Margaret Baba Diri
Margaret Baba Diri | |
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| Born | 29 June 1954 |
| Died | 9 January 2025 (aged 70) |
| Education | National Teachers College Kyambogo Kyambogo University |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher Politician |
| Employer(s) | St. Charles Lwanga Koboko National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) Parliament of Uganda |
| Known for | Politics |
Margaret Baba Diri (29 June 1954 – 9 January 2025) was an Ugandan politician, teacher and activist. She was visually impaired and was first elected to the Ugandan Parliament as a representative of people with disabilities in 1996. Prior to entering politics she worked as a teacher at St. Charles Lwanga in Koboko between 1976 and 1990 and also as a gender development officer at National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) between 1992 and 1996.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Margaret Baba Diri was born on 29 June 1954. She held a Diploma in Education from the National Teachers College Kyambogo. She also obtained a Bachelor in Adult and Community Education from Kyambogo University.[1]
Career
[edit]Margaret Baba Diri started her career as a teacher at St. Charles Lwanga Koboko between 1976 and 1990 and as a gender development officer at the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) between 1992 and 1996.[1]
She later entered politics as a representative of persons with disabilities. She was in Parliament for five terms from 1996 during which she also represented Koboko as a Woman MP.[2] Diri was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises and Education and Sports.[3]
Personal life and death
[edit]Diri was a widow.[3] She died on 9 January 2025, shortly after the confirmation of MP Muhammad Ssegirinya's death. Diri was 70.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Baba Diri Margaret". Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Visually impaired MP, Margaret Baba Diri still striving in Parliament". NTV Uganda. NTV News. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Baba Diri Margaret". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Former Koboko Woman MP Margaret Baba Diri dead
- 1954 births
- 2025 deaths
- Members of the 8th Parliament of Uganda
- Members of the 10th Parliament of Uganda
- Women members of the Parliament of Uganda
- Ugandan disability rights activists
- Ugandan people with disabilities
- 20th-century Ugandan women politicians
- 20th-century Ugandan politicians
- 21st-century Ugandan women politicians
- Politicians with disabilities
- Ugandan feminists
- 20th-century Ugandan educators
- Ugandan women educators
- Kyambogo University alumni
- 20th-century women educators
- Activists with disabilities
- Educators with disabilities
- Ugandan women