Tom Okurut

**Tom Okia Okurut** (6 ga watan Janairun 1960 - 14 ga watan Afrilu 2024) ya kasance Mai fafutukar canjin yanayi na Uganda, mai kiyaye muhalli, marubuci, kuma mai tsara manufofi. Ya kasance tsohon darektan zartarwa na Hukumar Kula da Muhalli ta Kasa na tsawon shekaru 10 tun daga 2011 zuwa 2021,  kuma tsohon darektar zartarwa Climate Change Action Gabashin Afirka.

## Tarihi da Ilimi
Okurut ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Akadot daga 1967 zuwa 1973, makarantar sakandare ta Gulu tsakanin 1974 da 1977, Kwalejin Teso Aloet daga 1978 har zuwa 1979.  Okurut ya shiga Jami'ar Makerere a 1980 kuma ya kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko na kimiyya a fannin ilmin sunadarai a 1983.  Ya sami difloma na digiri na biyu a fannin injiniya mai sabuntawa daga Cibiyar Eni-Sogesta ta Urbino a Italiya. Tsakanin shekara ta 1987 zuwa shekara ta 1988, ya ci gaba da karatun Master of Science a Jami'ar Ibadan a Najeriya,  kuma ya halarci Cibiyar IHE Delft don Ilimi na Ruwa a Netherlands inda ya yi PhD a Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Muhalli daga 1995 zuwa 2000  

Okurut ya mutu a ranar 14 ga Afrilu 2024 a asibitin Platinum da ke Nakasero, Kampala saboda ƙuƙwalwar kai da ta kai kwakwalwarsa wanda ya haifar da tiyata a kai. Ya mutu a cikin Sashin Kulawa mai tsanani saboda zargin rashin yaduwar iskar oxygen a cikin kwakwalwa bayan tiyata a kai. An binne shi a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 2024 a ƙauyen Akadot, yankin Mukongoro a gundumar Kumi.   

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Okurut ta auri Ademun Anna Rose Okurut wanda ke aiki a matsayin Kwamishinan Lafiya na Dabbobi a Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona, Masana'antar Dabbobi da Kifi. Suna da 'ya'ya 3.

## Ayyuka
Okurut ya fara aikinsa a matsayin mataimakin malami a sashen ilmin sunadarai a Jami'ar Makerere daga 1989 zuwa 1994 bayan digiri na farko. Ya shiga Kamfanin Ruwa da Ruwa na Kasa a shekara ta 2000 a matsayin jami'in ingancin Ruwa har zuwa shekara ta 2001 a sashen inganci, horo, bincike da ci gaba  kuma ya kasance babban sakatare na Hukumar Lake Victoria Basin a Kisumu, Kenya daga shekara ta 2006 zuwa 2011 kuma an inganta shi zuwa jami'in shirin shirin Lake Victoria, Sakatariyar Gabashin Afirka wacce ke zaune a Arusha, Tanzania.

gAn nada Okurut a matsayin babban darakta na NEMA  a cikin 2011 har zuwa 1 ga Satumba 2021 lokacin da Akankwasah Barirega ya gaje shi bayan ya yi mulki biyu.   Yayinda yake a NEMA, an yi zargin cewa ya ba da gudummawa ga labarin nasarar mahaɗin inda mahaɗin ya sami nasarar samun karuwar kasafin kuɗi na 500% da 100% a cikin shekaru 5, ya rage yawan gurɓata zuwa 50% sakamakon dabarun mataimakin aikin injiniya, ya yi kira ga ci gaban jagororin ƙasa da ka'idoji don ingancin iska a wurin aiki kuma ya tsara dokar kuɗi don amfani da filastik guda ɗaya.

Okurut ya kasance babban darakta na Climate Change Action for East Africa daga 2021 har zuwa mutuwarsa a ranar 14 ga Afrilu 2024. 

Okurut ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kwamitin nadawa da memba na majalisar Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Jami'ar Makerere . 

## Daraja
Don girmama aikin Okurut, Anita Among ta nemi memba na majalisa ya dasa akalla bishiyoyi biyar.

## Kyaututtuka
Okurut shi ne mai karɓar kyautar UNESCO - IHE Alumni ta 2014 wanda aka ba wa tsofaffin ɗaliban IHE Delft waɗanda suka ba da gudummawa sosai ga gudanar da ruwa da hidimarsa a matsayin abin koyi ga abokan aikin ruwa.

## Manazarta