She also while at college joined FEMRITE—Uganda Women Writers Association, where she worked closely with Goretti Kyomuhendo, then Program Coordinator, and Violet Barungi, then FEMRITE editor.
These FEMRITE alumni include the Macmillan Writers Prize for Africa winner Glaydah Namukasa, Ugandan Book Trust and Pan-African Literary Forum Award winner Mildred Barya, Africa Region Commonwealth Short Story Competition winner Jackee Budesta Batanda, and Caine Prize nominee Beatrice Lamwaka among others.
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A founding member of FEMRITE, Barungi has served as Editor since 1997 to 2007 with Goretti Kyomuhendo as FEMRITE Program Coordinator.