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Tuma Ruth( born 01 October, 1949) was a Ugandan politician and Teacher who was the women representative for Jinja District in the 7th ad 8th Ugandan parliament between 2001 and 2006. During her time in the parliament, she was the chairperson of Ugandan Parliamentary Forum for children, a member of the finance and budget committees. In 2006, Ruth lost National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries to Agnes Nabirye as they were both affiliated to NRM. On 12th july 2016, Ruth was reported to have passed(died) on because of cancer at Kampala hospital and she was buried in Kaseghere in Namutumba district.

Early Life And Education
Tuma Ruth was a teacher from Kyambogo teachers' National College and Bishop Wills Teachers' college where she was trained. she also attained her Masters' Degree of education in planning and administration from Uganda Christian University Mukono.

Career
On 15th August 2007, Ruth Tuma was elected as the president of the international Federation of University Women (IFUW) at the 29th (IFUW) conference held in Machester, England. She was the president IFUW for the Triennium 2007-2010.

Political Career
Ruth Tuma started her political career in 2001 to

Family
She was married to Rev Canon Dr Tom Tuma since 1966 and they had four children.