Sarah Achieng Opendi

Sarah Achieng Opendi
Born	(1968-09-06) 6 September 1968 Tororo, Uganda
Residence	Kampala, Uganda
Nationality	Ugandan
Ethnicity	Jopadhola
Citizenship	Uganda
Alma mater	National College of Business Studies (Diploma in Accounting) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (Associate Chartered Certified Accountant Level II) Makerere University (Bachelor of Business Administration) (Master of Business Administration)
Occupation	Accountant and politician
Years active	1988 – present
Known for	Politics
Home town	Tororo
Title	State Health Minister for Primary Health Care

Sarah Achieng Opendi, sometimes Sarah Opendi Achiengi, is a Ugandan accountant and politician. She is the State Minister for Primary Healthcare in the Ugandan Cabinet. She was appointed to that position on 15 August 2012. Prior to that, from 27 May 2011 until 15 August 2012, she served as the State Minister for Lands. In the cabinet reshuffle of 1 March 2015, she retained her cabinet post. Sarah Achieng Opendi is also the elected Member of Parliament for Tororo District Women's Representative.

Background and education

She was born in Tororo District on 26 September 1968. She studied accounting, graduating from the National College of Business Studies, in 1994, with the Diploma in Accounting. In 1998, she successfully passed the examinations of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, leading to the award of the title of Associate Chartered Certified Accountant Level II. That same year, she graduated from Makerere University with the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration. In 2005, she received the degree of Master of Business Administration, also from Makerere.

Career

Her professional career began in 1994 as an Accounts Assistant at Uganda Consolidated Proportions Limited, a subsidiary of the government-owned Uganda Development Corporation (UDC). In 1996, she was promoted to Accountant, at the same company, serving in that capacity until 1998. From 1998 until 2000, she served as the Deputy Speaker of Tororo District Council. She also served as an Inspectorate Officer in the office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG), from 1999 until 2003. From 2003 to 2004, she was promoted to Senior Inspectorate Officer, in the IGG's office. From 2004 until 2006, she was promoted to Principal Inspetorate Officer in the office of the IGG. During the same timeframe, she served as the Deputy Project Coordinator of the DANIDA Anti-Corruption Project. From 2006 until 2007, she served as the Accountant of the Acholi Bursary Program, a project of the Royal Netherlands Embassy. From 2009 until 2010, she served as the Finance Manager of Windle Trust Uganda, an NGO. In 2011, she successfully contested the parliamentary seat of Women's Representative for Tororo District under the National Resistance Movement political party ticket. In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 August 2012, Opendi was appointed Minister of State for Primary Healthcare.

Other considerations

Sarah Achieng Opendi is single. She is of the Roman Catholic faith. She belongs to the National Resistance Movement political party.

See also

• Cabinet of Uganda
• Parliament of Uganda
• Government of Uganda
• Tororo

External links

• Full of List of Ugandan Cabinet Ministers May 2011