Sam Cheptoris
Born (1949-12-12) 12 December 1949
Kapchorwa District, Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Educator and Politician
Years active1975–present
Known forPolitics
TitleCabinet Minister for Water and Environment

Sam Mangusho Cheptoris is a Ugandan politician. He is the Cabinet Minister of Water and Environment in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016.[1][2][3][4] In 2021 he was elected as member of parliament for Kapchorwa Municipality.[5][6]

Background and education

Sam Cheptoris was born in present-day Kapchorwa District, on 12 December 1949. He studied at Nabumali High School, before attending the University of Nairobi where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. Later, he studied at Makerere University, graduating first with a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and later with a Master of Education.[7]

Academic career

In 1975, after his undergraduate studies in Nairobi, Cheptoris served as a teacher of English and English Literature at Sebei College, Tegeres. Between 1978 and 1981, he served as deputy head teacher at the same school. After brief stints at Comboni College and at Gamatui Girls School, he came back to Sebei College as Headmaster in 1998. He retired from academics in 2009.[7]

Political career

In 2011 Cheptoris won the Kapchorwa District LC5 position on the National Resistance Movement political party ticket. After one five-year term, he successfully contested for the newly created Kapchorwa Municipality constituency in the Parliament of Uganda.[7] On 6 June 2016, he was appointed as Cabinet Minister of Water and Environment.[8] Among his priorities as a member of parliament are: (a) to establish an irrigation system in the constituency to boost agricultural production, (b) to assist in the creation of a university in the sub-region, (c) to assist in the re-establishment of "Elgon Cooperative Union", and (d) to establish a water and sewerage system in Kapchorwa Municipality.[9]

Business interests

Cheptoris is the proprietor of (a) Kapchrowa Standard Academy, a secondary school in Kapchorwa District and (b) Cheminy Standard Academy, a secondary school in neighboring Kween District.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Uganda State House (6 June 2016). "Museveni's new cabinet list At 6 June 2016" (PDF). Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hon. Sam Cheptoris | Ministry of Water and Environment". www.mwe.go.ug. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ↑ CBA opening speeches: Hon. Sam Cheptoris, retrieved 9 February 2023
  4. ↑ child (27 February 2018). "Cabinet Members and Ministers of State as at 21 July 2022". www.parliament.go.ug. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Cheptoris Sam Mangusho - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sam Cheptoris". theyworkforyou.github.io. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Monitor Team (8 June 2016). "Who are the new faces in Museveni's Cabinet?: Sam Cheptoris - Minister for Water and Environment". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Uganda State House (6 June 2016). "Uganda's New Cabinet As At 6 June 2016". Scribd.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Allan Chekwech, and Joyce Chemitai (27 June 2016). "Cabinet job a miracle – Cheptoris". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Chekwech, Allan (3 July 2016). "From classroom to Cabinet". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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