she graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Commerce. Career and politics Professional career Tumusiime started her career as a records assistant in 1980 and as a bookkeeping assistant in 1982 for the Ministry of Health (MOH). In 1988, she joined Uganda Coffee Marketing Board as a shipping assistant, a position she held up until 1996 when she was promoted to the superior position of assistant marketing officer. In 1997, Tumusiime joined the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda as a revenue inspector, a position she held up until 2000 when she secured employment as the branch manager for Office Services, Supplies & Equipment (OSSE) Limited. Political career Tumusiime started out as an RCI Councillor for Kitooro Central in 1989 at the time when local councils (LCs) were still called resistance councils (RCs). In 1991, she was elected RCIII Councillor for Division B Entebbe and co-currently served as the Mpigi District Women Councillor for a three-year spell. In 2001, she was elected LCIV Councilor for Nakasamba, Kitasa, Kakeeka and Bugonga; a position the veteran Councillor held up until 2016 when she was elected member of parliament. Tumusiime won both the NRM party's primaries in 2015 and the general elections in 2016 and became a member of the 10th Parliament for the Pearl of Africa representing Entebbe Municipality in Wakiso District. In the 10th Parliament, Tumusiime serves as the treasurer of the Network for African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians (NAWMP) and as a member of the Committee on Equal Opportunities and the Committee on Presidential Affairs. She is also a member of Uganda Women's Parliamentary Association (UWOPA), the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus, the Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change (PFCC), the Uganda Parliamentarians Forum on WASH (UPF-WASH), the Uganda Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast Fellowship and the NRM Parliamentary Caucus. Personal details Rosemary Bikaako Tumusiime is the widow of Edward Gumizamu Tumusiime, a bush war veteran and former LCV Councillor for Division A Entebbe Municipality, who departed in 2013. They had four children: Edward Tumusiime Jr, Liz Tumusiime, Enos Tugume Tumusiime and the late Doreen Tashobya Tumusiime. Also, Tumusiime was the Mothers Union treasurer and chairperson at St. John's Parish Church, Church of Uganda, Entebbe. She additionally served the Anglican church as the head of the Laity for the Archdeaconry of Entebbe from 2006 to 2014. She is a member of the boards of governors of several schools in Entebbe, a vice chairperson for the National