# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-achieng
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:25:45.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-achieng"
name: "Ruth Achieng"
slug: "ruth-achieng"
description: "Ruth Achieng is a Ugandan politician. She was appointed, but she never served as, State Minister for Fisheries in the Cabinet of Uganda on 6 June 2016, replacing Zerubabel Nyiira. Ruth Achieng served in the 9th Parliament (2011–2016) as the Kole District Woman Representative before losing in the 2016 election cycle. Her name was withdrawn at the last minute and she was not vetted by the parliamentary appointments committee, resulting in her not being sworn in on 22 June 2016."
tagline: "Ugandan politician"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           41.45
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.074802666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Achieng"
    title: "Ruth Achieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Achieng"
    title: "Ruth Achieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Achieng"
    title: "Ruth Achieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Achieng"
    title: "Ruth Achieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Achieng"
    title: "Ruth Achieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Achieng"
    title: "Ruth Achieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24572730"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump