Enid Mirembe, is a
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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beauty pageant contestant, who was crowned "Miss Tourism Busoga Region" on 26 July 2015. In 2016, As an entreprenuer she founded the Rolex initiative organisation and Rolex Festival a flagship culinary event on Uganda’s Tourism Calender. She was named as one of "The 40 Movers and Shakers of 2016", by Satisfashion Uganda, a Ugandan fashion magazine. She also Contested for Woman Member of Parliament Bugiri District in 2020.
Background and education
She was born in
Kampala District, in 1993. After attending local schools for her elementary and secondary school education, she was admitted to
Makerere University
Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...
, Uganda's largest and oldest public university. She graduated in 2016 with a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree.
Career
While in her third year of undergraduate studies at
Makerere University
Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...
, she competed in the Miss Tourism Beauty Pageant, representing
Busoga sub-region
Busoga sub-region is found in Eastern Uganda occupying an area of over 10,000 square kilometers and according to the 2014 national census about 40 percent of the people in the eastern region live in this sub-region. Busoga consists of the followin ...
. The contest was organised by the Uganda Tourism Board and he Uganda Ministry of Tourism.
During her tenure, she organized what is called a "Rolex Festival". A
rolex is a food item consisting of an egg omelette and vegetables wrapped in a
chapati. Rolexes are consumed widely in many of Uganda's urban areas. The Festival consists of street vendors of this food preparing the food in large quantities on the street of the target city or town, with customers meandering through the cook-stations, sampling, buying and consuming as the mingle. Enid Mirembe continued to organize these festivals even after her tenure as the beauty queen expired.
However under her organisation Rolex Initiative, she has worked hard through the seasoned training programs called Rolexprenuer which geared with support from UNDP through their incubating partner Ministry of Tourism Wildlife and antiquities where they build capacity for 2000 youths in Rwwnzori Tourism Development Area (TDA).
See also
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Dora Mwima
Dora Mwima, also Dorah Mwima is a Ugandan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Uganda 2008 at the age of 18. She represented Uganda in Miss World 2008 in South Africa.
Background
Mwima was born to Ugandan parents in 1990, i ...
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Patricia Akello
References
External links
Rolex Now Officially A Fast Food Tourist Attraction As of 22 August 2016.
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Living people
1993 births
Makerere University alumni
People from Bugiri District
People from Eastern Region, Uganda
Ugandan beauty pageant contestants