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Linda Auma Agnes is a Ugandan Politician and legislator in the 11th Ugandan Parliament of the republic of Uganda. She is the woman representative Member of Parliament for Lira District in the Northern region of Uganda. Linda is also serving as the current Minister of State for Gender and Culture of the Republic of Uganda. She was the daughter of the late Major General David Oyite Ojok.

Education
Aged 26, Auma joined Lira Intergrated Secondary School where she sat for her Uganda Certificate of Examinations exams (O level) in pursuit of her dreams. The current President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni paid her school dues while attaining her education. Due to poverty and responsibility of being a mother and a wife, Auma could not enroll for Advanced Level (A level)   but she opted to attain a certificate course in Accounting and hence she enrolled for a Diploma In Business Administration. She then registered for senior six while still pursuing her diploma course and she studied concurrently. And as of now she holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.

Early Life
Auma lost her father, Major General David Oyite Ojok a former commander of the forces that overthrew President Idi Amin Dada in 1979. Auma`s father later became the Chief of Staff of the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). In 1983, Auma`s father died in a helicopter clash with fellow army officers during supervision operations against the National Resistance Army (NRA). Later on after six years, Auma also lost her mother. She also became a mother at a young age(16) which appeared to shutter her dreams. Determined to turn her life around, Auma got another person who became a father figure to her that has held her hand upto date. She then paved her way into politics and she initially became the Lira District Municipal Youth Chairperson under the National Youth Council.

Personal Life
In 2017, Auma`s first born daughter(Shakila Among Mwenyi) was crowned Miss Lira. Shakila being the face of Lira Lango Cultural Herirtage, she was crowned Miss tourism Northern region in 2020. Auma`s daughter also represents the Youth at Lira City Council.

Career
Auma ventured into politics as the the Lira Municipal Youth Chairperson under the National Youth Council. Auma being a young mother and a leader, she was tasked to train fellow young mothers with vocational skills by the district. Later on in 2006, She was elected as the Youth Councillor for the then Central Division in Lira Municipal and she then led the demand for the compensation of the Lango war claimants. Auma contested for the Lira Woman parliamentary seat on the National Resistance Movement ticket where she lost in the primaries. She was Later appointed as the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) in Amuru District where she served till 2020.

After Lira Municipality being elevated to status of city leading to creation of three elective positions in parliament, Auma contested again for Woman Member of Parliament Lira District seat and she still lost in party primaries and hence contesting as an independent candidate. Auma emerged victorious as the Woman Representative Member of Parliament Lira District with 22,086 votes against her opponents Florence Onginaa who was the National Resistance Movement  flag bearer, Gloria Akello who was an Independent candidate and Margret Ateng Otim who was a veteran politician.

Auma also serves as the Vice Chairperson National Women Council which is a body established by the National Women’s Council ACT 1993 which aims at bringing all women of Uganda together for development purposes, irrespective of their religion, tribe, origin, status or political affiliation.

Parliamentary Duties

 * Publicity secretary of Uganda Women Parliamentary Association

Controversy
A petition was filed against Auma by Bony Aliro who is a voter from Aromo Sub County in Lira District who was accusing the Electoral Commission for nominating and declaring Auma a winner of the Lira District Woman Member of Parliament race claiming she lacked genuine academic documents. He(Bony Aliro) also accused Auma for failing to resign from the Resident District Commisioner of Amuru District. The High Court under Justice Vincent Emmy Mugabo in Lira dismissed the petition claiming that there was no clear evidence produced that they weren't registered voters of Lira District.