Annet Nyakecho also known as Okwenye Annet Nyakecho (born 27 August 1982) is a Ugandan politician, business woman,[1] and woman Member of Parliament of Tororo North County, Tororo District.
[1] She later stood and won for her first term (in the ninth parliament) on the seat on an National Resistance Movement ticket as the youthful MP beating seven other contestants although she had no plans of joining of politics.
[2] In 2000, she was awarded a Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education from City High School, Kololo and later joined Makerere University[1][4] for bachelor's degree in Development Studies (2008).
[2] She served as the chairperson Parliament's Information, Communication and Technology Committee (ICT) but was later dropped from the position by the government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa and replaced by Dokolo North MP Paul Amoru.
[8] Annet Nyakecho, her husband Levi Otim, brother and many others who were found at the home of former Security Minister, Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde were arrested and detained.