Anitha Mutesi

Anitha Mutesi (also spelled Anita Mutesi) is a Rwandan politician. She has sat in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament of Rwanda, as a women's representative for Kayonza District in the Eastern Province, and in 2016 she was elected president of the Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum (FFRP), the cross-party caucus of the country's women parliamentarians.

Political career Mutesi stood in the 2013 parliamentary election as a women's representative candidate for Kayonza District.

In March 2016 Mutesi was elected president of the Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum. The leadership election was held at a general assembly in Bugesera District, and the new committee was chosen to steer the forum for two and a half years. Speaking shortly after her election, Mutesi said the forum had helped many Rwandan women move into public administration and decision-making roles.

As the deputy associated with Kayonza, Mutesi has joined local government and community events in the district, among them a national Umuganura harvest-thanksgiving celebration held in its Murundi sector.