Davinia Esther Anyakun
Davinia Esther Anyakun is a female Ugandan politician and a procurement and logistics professional. She has been the woman Member of Parliament for Nakapiripirit District since 2016, on the ruling National Resistance Movement political party ticket.
Anyakun was first elected to the 10th Parliament. She was re-elected in February 2021, to the 11th Parliament. She was appointed Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, in the Office of the Prime Minister, in June 2021.
In a cabinet reshuffle in March 2024, she was transferred to the Ministry of Labour as the State Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations.
Early life and education
Anyakun was born on 19 April 1976 in Nakapiripirit District in the Karamoja sub-region, Northern Region of Uganda. She attended Nkoyoyo Boarding Primary School and completed her Primary Leaving Examinations in 1991. She then attended Kangole Senior Secondary School where she obtained her Uganda Certificate of Education in 1995. She then transferred to Mbale Secondary School in 1999 and she graduated with the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education or A-Level certificate.Three years later, she was awarded Diploma in Social Work and Social Administration at Makerere Institute for Social Development. She then obtained a Diploma in Health Administration from Uganda Christian University in Mukono. In 2009, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in procurement and logistics from Nkumba University. Later, she graduated from the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute with an Executive MBA degree.