Denis Hamson Obua
Member of Parliament and former Government Chief Whip
A legislator from Alebtong, Youth MP from 2006 and MP for Ajuri County from 2011, who served as Minister of State for Sports and then Government Chief Whip.
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Denis Hamson Obua comes from Alebtong District. He studied at Inomo Primary School and Lango College in Lira, and later took a diploma in law at the Law Development Centre, a degree in social work and social administration at Uganda Christian University, Mukono, and a Master of Public Administration at the Uganda Management Institute (2016).
In public life
- Before politics he worked as a contracts clerk, a legal assistant and a legal officer in the Office of the Vice President (2000–2006).
- 2006 – elected Youth Member of Parliament for Northern Uganda.
- 2011 – elected for the newly created Ajuri County in Alebtong; re-elected in 2016 and 2021.
- December 2019 – named to Cabinet and, in January 2020, sworn in as State Minister for Sports.
- August 2022 – took office as Government Chief Whip of Parliament.
According to Wikipedia he lost the Ajuri seat in the January 2026 elections and was then appointed a senior presidential adviser and chair of the NRM parliamentary caucus. Posts change after every election, so check the Parliament of Uganda website for the current position.
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- Wikipedia Denis Obua (politician) · Wikipedia
- Article Kudos to Hon Hamson Obua: You displayed humility even in defeat · The Observer
- Profile Obua Denis Hamson · UGLeader
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