Jesca Ababiku’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Jesca Ababiku (born 17 July 1975) is a Ugandan educator and politician. She is currently a member of the Tenth Parliament of Uganda.

Early life

Jesca Ababiku was born on the 17th of July 1945. She grew up in the Adjumani district.

Education

Ababiku went to primary school at the Adjumani Girls Primary School, graduating in 1990 with her Primary Leaving Examination. In 1994, she obtained her Uganda Certificate of Education at the Metu Secondary School in Metu, Uganda. In 1997, she obtained her Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from Moyo Secondary School in Moyo Town, Uganda. In 1999, she graduated from the Muni National Teachers College with her Diploma in Education. In 2006, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Education from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. In 2013, she obtained her master’s degree in Education from Gulu University.

Career

Ababiku be came a teacher shortly after graduating from the Muni National Teachers College. In 2000, she started teaching at Alere Secondary School. Alere Secondary School is a government aided school in the Adropi sub-county of the Adjumani district. It was established in 1991 as a boarding school to assist refugee children, primarily from South Sudan.

As a teacher, Ababiku quickly got involved in political affairs to help her school and her students. In 2002, she became a Teachers Representative to the Board of Governors and a District Councillor for the Adjumani District local government. In 2004, after she was appointed to be Head of the History Department at Alere Secondary School, she became a Council Member for Kyambogo University and a Secretary of Production for the Adjumani District Local Government. In 2006, she resigned her chairwomanship of the Head of the History Department to focus on politics more full-time, although she stayed teaching history. An advocate for the rights of the disabled and the chairwoman of the Adjumani Disabled Persons Association since 2002, Jesca Ababiku became a Council Member for the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda.

Parliamentary career

Election

In 2010, she retired from being a teacher, from being a District Councillor for the Adjumani District Local Government, and from her roles with the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda and the Adjumani Disabled Persons Association to run for Parliament of Uganda. She ran as an independent ( although she later became a member of the National Resistance Movement) for the District Woman Representative for the Adjumani District and won. She received 17,037 votes to win the four-way race for the seat.

In Office

She is a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Presidential Affairs.

Personal life

Jesca Ababiku is single. Her hobbies include listening to music and reading.