Daniel Kidega

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'''Daniel Fred Kidega''' (born 10 October 1973) is a Ugandan politician and former Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly, in office from December 2014 until June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=Daily Monitor | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Kidega-on-the-daunting-task-as-new-Eala-speaker/689844-2570484-vqqhiqz/index.html |title=Kidega on the daunting task as new Eala speaker |date=28 December 2014 |author=Stephen Kafeero | access-date=14 August 2020 |location=Kampala}}</ref> As of August 2020, he served as the chairman of Atiak Sugar Factory, in Amuru District, in which the Uganda government owned 40 percent shareholding.<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=The Independent (Uganda) |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/atiak-sugar-industry-to-begin-production-in-august/ |title=Atiak sugar industry to begin production in August |date=19 July 2020 | author=The Independent |access-date=14 August 2020 | place=Kampala}}</ref>

==Early life and education== He was born at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor, in Gulu City on 10 December 1973. He attended Christ the King Demonstration School in Gulu for his elementary schooling. His father, Dusman Okee Sr. (5 January 1942 – 3 January 2016), is also the father of Norbert Mao.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hundreds attend Mao father's funeral | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1414051/hundreds-attend-mao-father-funeral | accessdate=5 January 2016 | first=Donald | newspaper=New Vision | date=4 January 2016 | location=Kampala | last=Kiirya}}</ref> He transferred to Ntare School in Mbarara for his high school education. He studied at Kyambogo University, at that time called Kyambogo Polytechnic. He graduated from Kyambogo with a Diploma in Biochemistry. He then joined Uganda Christian University in Mukono, graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Later, he studied at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, obtaining a Diploma in International Trade and a Master of Science in International Trade.<ref name="About">{{cite web | accessdate=17 February 2015 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/PeoplePower/Kidega-on-the-daunting-task-as-new-Eala-speaker/-/689844/2570484/-/bsysxcz/-/index.html | date=28 December 2014 | title=Kidega On The Daunting Task As New EALA Speaker | first=Stephen | last=Kafeero | newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala)}}</ref>

==Career== Kidega was a student leader in the 1990s, rising to the rank of Chairman of the National Youth Council. He worked as the Private Secretary to the Vice President of Uganda from 2000 to 2001. Daniel Fred Kidega was a member of President Museveni's national campaign taskforce in 2001. He served as a Member of Parliament in the Seventh Parliament from 2001 until 2006, as a National Youth Representative. He is a member of the National Executive Council (NEC), the highest organ of the ruling National Resistance Movement political party. He was a member of President Museveni's national campaign team in 2011. He was first elected to the EALA in 2007 and was re-elected for a second term in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uganda's EALA MPs for 2012–2017 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=631559&CatID=1 |date=17 February 2015 |newspaper=New Vision |author=Joyce Namutebi |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150217053913/http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=631559&CatID=1| access-date=14 August 2020 |archive-date = 17 February 2015|place=Kampala |format=Archived from the original on 17 February 2015}}</ref>

On 19 December 2014 he was elected unopposed as the fourth Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly, replacing Margaret Zziwa of Uganda, who was impeached by the Assembly for "alleged impunity, incompetence, intimidation of members, among other reasons".<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=New Vision | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/663051-daniel-kidega-is-new-eala-speaker.html |title=Daniel Kidega Is New EALA Speaker| access-date=17 February 2015 |date=19 December 2014 |author=New Vision |location=Kampala}}</ref> He served the remainder of his predecessor's term until June 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://eala.org/media-centre/press-releases/753-rt-hon-kidega-elected-speaker-of-eala.html |title=Right Honorable Kidega Elected Speaker of East African Legislative Assembly |date=19 December 2014 | publisher=East African Legislative Assembly |author=Bobi Odiko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219213054/http://eala.org/media-centre/press-releases/753-rt-hon-kidega-elected-speaker-of-eala.html |access-date=14 August 2020 |archive-date=19 December 2014 |place=Arusha, Tanzania | format=Archived from the original on 19 December 2014}}</ref>

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