[1][2] During her long vacation after high school in 1992, Ingrid married Jackson Turinawe, a successful businessman in Rukungiri town.
After her diploma studies in Kabale, Ingrid taught for one year and then joined her husband in business, helping to run their pharmacy in Rukungiri town.
[2] On 20 April 2012, Ingrid was driving to Nansana, a suburb of Kampala, to attend a political rally, when police intercepted her and a scuffle ensued, during which, a policeman forcefully grabbed her left breast.
[5] In February 2017, Ingrid contested one of the seats to the East African Legislative Assembly, which convenes in Arusha, Tanzania.
She encountered a very hostile reception in the parliamentary chamber, when she went to declare her candidacy, due to her frosty relationships with the Ugandan MPs, the majority of whom belong to the ruling National Resistance Movement political party.