Derrick Orone

Orone Derrick
Honorable
Derrick Orone
Member of Parliament for Gogonyo Constituency Pallisa District
Assumed office
May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
Personal details
Born22 January 1988 (1988-01-22) (age 38)
PartyNational Resistance Movement
Alma materSt. Lawrence University
(Bachelor's degree in Public Administration)
OccupationPolitician, Public administrator
Known forPolitics, Public Administration, leadership

Orone Derrick is a Ugandan politician who serves as a Member of Parliament representing Gogonyo Constituency Pallisa District.[1][2] He was elected on 14 January 2021.[3][4][5][6][7] He is a member of National Resistance Movement political party.[8][9][10][11] He serves as a member on the Appointments Committee in the Parliament of Uganda.[12]

Early life and education background

Orone was born on 22 January 1988 in Pallisa District. He attended Merryland High School Entebbe for both his 0 & A levels (2001–2007). He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from St. Lawrence University in 2019.[3][11]

Career

Working experience

He has worked at Maghrib agencies as director operations from 2009 to 2017.[13] He is the CEO of Rokas Recruitment Services Limited a recruitment agency as well as the CEO of Rydim Empire a Music Events Company which does Artiste music management and Events.[14][13][15]

Politics

In January 2021, he was elected as a Member of Parliament representing Gogonyo Constituency Pallisa District in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda (2021 to 2026) [11] in the 2021 Ugandan general election and on 21 May 2021 he sworn in as the Member of Parliament.[9][2][10]

Personal life

Orone Derrick belongs to National Resistance Movement.[16][3][17]

References

  1. ^ "Magistrate court rejects Taligola's vote recount application". Daily Monitor. 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Swearing-in of MPs: Check out the final day in 72 pictures". New Vision.
  3. ^ a b c "Parliament of Uganda". Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  4. ^ "General parliamentary elections, 2021 - Election results" (PDF). www.ec.or.ug.
  5. ^ "Derrick Orone wins Gogonyo County by-election". The Independent Uganda. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  6. ^ "Orone Derrick - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  7. ^ "Derrick Orone Archives". Redpepper Uganda. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  8. ^ "Pallisa MP contestant to pay Shs16m". Daily Monitor. 13 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b "MP Derrick Orone Wins Damages of Ugx 8m". March 13, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "New Parliament takes shape". Daily Monitor. 16 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "Full List: All 529 Members Of The 11th Parliament". 19 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Membership of the appointments committee (2021-2022)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-30.
  13. ^ a b "Emma Carlos partners with manager Derrick Orone news – Chano8". Archived from the original on January 25, 2019.
  14. ^ Parliament of Uganda [@Parliament_Ug] (20 May 2021). "Gogonyo County, a new constituency in Pallisa District will have Hon Derrick Orone as their Member of Parliament after he took oath. #11thParliamentStarts https://t.co/l75tNhIQQF" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "UGNEWS24 - I Didn't Benefit From the Music Business—Manager Derrick Orone". February 8, 2021.
  16. ^ "List of MPs who have been declared winners so far". Daily Monitor. 16 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Six candidates battle for Pallisa's Gogonyo MP seat". 28 December 2020.

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