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词条 Rebecca Mpagi
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  1. Background and education

  2. Career

  3. Family

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1956}}
| birth_place = Wakiso District, Uganda
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = Nabisunsa Girls' Secondary School
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Kololo Secondary School
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Kianda Secretarial College, Nairobi
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East African Civil Aviation Academy
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| occupation = Pilot, Military Officer
| years_active = 1982 — present
| nationality = Ugandan
| citizenship = Uganda
| residence = Entebbe, Uganda
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| title = Director of Personnel and Administration in the UPDF Air Force
| honorific prefix = Colonel
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}}Colonel Rebecca Mpagi, is a Ugandan pilot and military officer, who serves as the Director of Personnel and Administration in the UPDF Air Force.[1] She is credited as the first female in Uganda to qualify as a military pilot.[2][3]

Background and education

She was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda circa 1956, to Yunia Nakibuuka Mpagi and Charles William Mpagi. She was the 11th born out of 14 children. She attended Kasanje Primary School before transferring to Jungo Junior School, in Wakiso District, where she completed her primary schooling.[2]

She studied at Nabisunsa Girls' Secondary School for her O-Level studies. She then completed her A-Level education at Kololo High School, where she obtained a High School Diploma, in 1974.[2]

She studied at Kianda Secretarial College, Nairobi, graduating with a Diploma in Secretarial Studies. In 1978, she was admitted to the East African Civil Aviation Academy in Soroti, graduating with a Private Pilot Licence, in 1982. She has taken a number of military courses and training in guidance and counselling.[2]

Career

Her first job was as a secretary at lawyer's office in the Eastern Ugandan city of Mbale. However, the lawyer who employed her as murdered during the Uganda–Tanzania War (October 1978 until June 1979), that removed Idi Amin from power. That is when she enrolled into flight school.[2]

She joined the National Resistance Army in 1986. After basic training, she gradually rose through the ranks, from Second Lieutenant (1988), Lieutenant (1990), Captain (1999), Major (2002) and Lieutenant Colonel (2008). As of June 2012, she was the Director of Women's Affairs at the Directorate of Women's Affairs at UPDF Headquarters, at Mbuya, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[2] Since then, she has been promoted a full Colonel and assigned as Director of Logistics and Procurement at the UPDF Air Force, based in Entebbe.[1]

Family

Colonel Rebecca Mpagi is a mother of four daughters.[2]

See also

  • Proscovia Nalweyiso
  • Flavia Byekwaso
  • Edith Nakalema
  • Annette Nkalubo
  • Christine Nyangoma

References

1. ^{{cite web|date=6 February 2019 | url=https://command1post.com/index.php/2019/02/06/m7-still-strong-to-lead-uganda-says-updaf-chief-col-mpagi-rebecca/ | title=M7 Still Strong to Lead Uganda – Says UPDAF Chief Col. Mpagi Rebecca |publisher=Command1post.com |author=Command Post Uganda |access-date=9 March 2019 |location=Entebbe}}
2. ^{{cite web|newspaper=New Vision | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1302505/mpagi-uganda-woman-military-pilot |title=Mpagi: Uganda's First Woman Military Pilot |date=13 June 2012 |access-date=9 March 2019 | author=Oyet Okwera |location=Kampala}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Full-Woman/689842-3456584-item-01-cojgf4z/index.html |title=Ibanda girl reaches for the sky in fighter jets |date=20 November 2016 |access-date=9 March 2019 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |first=Julius | last=Ocungi |location=Kampala}}

External links

  • [https://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Celebrating-women-who-broke-the-gender-barrier/691232-5012112-o7logmz/index.html Celebrating women who broke the gender barrier: Colonel Rebecca Mpagi: First female military pilot at Uganda People’s Defence Forces] As of 7 March 2019.
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