Tezira Jamwa is a Ugandan teacher, politician and women's rights activist.
[1] She is a founding member of Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) and also served on Tororo District's Service Commission.
[4] She served in this position from 1994 to 1995 and later contested the 2001 Parliamentary elections for Member of Parliament for West Budama.
[5] In 1994 Jamwa alongside Winnie Byanyima, Esther Dhugira Opoti, Benigna Mukiibi, Solome Mukisa and Betty Akech Okullo founded FOWODE, a non-governmental organisation[3][6] She was appointed Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for Kaberamaido District, a position she resigned from in 2005 to be eligible for the 2006 Ugandan general elections.
[7] She still held the same position in 2015 when she vied for "Vice Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Women's League representing the eastern region.