Wamala Kyeyune Joseph
Wamala is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Elly Wamala (1935–2004), Ugandan musician *Emmanuel Wamala (born 1926), Ugandan Catholic cardinal * Florence Nambozo Wamala (born 1975), Ugandan politician *Katumba Wamala (born 1956), Ugandan general See also *Lake Wamala Lake Wamala is a freshwater lake in Uganda. Its wetlands contain endangered species of birds and animals including the sitatunga ("enjobe" in Luganda). The lake is of traditional and cultural significance to the people of Buganda in Central Uganda ...

Elly Wamala
Elly Wamala (13 December 1935 – 22 August 2004) was a Ugandan musician. On 22 August 2004, he succumbed to throat cancer at Mulago Hospital. Wamala was one of Uganda's first musicians to release a recorded song and have it become a commercial hit in the 1950s when he released ''Nabutono''. The song was so successful that it caught the attention of a nation and Kabaka Edward Mutesa who regularly summoned Wamala to his court to perform the song. After Nabutono, Wamala's next release was ''Josephine'' and it also became a hit. By the time of his death, he had over 60 songs to his name, including ''Nabutono'' produced in 1959, ''Viola'' (1974), ''Welcome Pope Paul'' (1969), ''Akaana Ka Kawalya'' (1974), and ''Ebinyumu Ebyaffe'' (1998), among others. Early childhood and education Elly Wamala was born "Elishama Lukwata Wamala" on 13 December 1935 to sub-county clerk Ignatius Mutambuze and Gladys Nabutiti in Bulucheke, Mbale. He was the third of 19 children. He was raised in Bulenga ...
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Emmanuel Wamala
Emmanuel Wamala (born 15 December 1926) is a Ugandan cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and former Archbishop of Kampala from 1990 to 2006. He is currently serving as the Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Ugo, appointed in 1994. Priesthood Wamala was born in Kamaggwa parish of Lwaggulwe Masaka district, Uganda. He was ordained, on 21 December 1957, chapel of the Pontifical Collegio Urbaniano, Rome, by Pietro Sigismondi. In the same ceremony Stephen Fumio Hamao, future cardinal, was also ordained. He studied in Rome from 1957 to 1960 and had further studies in Uganda and United States, as well as pastoral ministry in the diocese of Masaka, from 1960 to 1981. He obtained a Bachelor of Theology. During this time he also served as inspector of diocesan schools and faculty member of the Minor Seminary of Bukalasa, chaplain and faculty member, and rector of University of Makerere. He served as vicar general of diocese of Masaka from 1974 to 1981. He was created Chaplain of His Holiness o ...
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Florence Nambozo Wamala
Florence Nambozo Wamala (born 14 February 1975) is a Ugandan politician and member of the parliament. She was elected as a woman Member of Parliament to represent Sironko district in 2016 Uganda general elections and was re-elected for the same post in the 2021 Uganda general elections. Education She completed her primary level education in 1989 at Nkoyoyo Boarding Primary School, Matale, In 1992,Florence completed her Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) for lower secondary education at Nabumali High School . She completed her advanced secondary level known as Uganda Advanced Certification of Education (UACE) in 2008 at Makerere Day and Evening Adult School in Kampala. In 2012 she graduated from Kyambogo University with a bachelor's degree of Arts in Education. Career She is Chairperson of Sironko Development Network, a position she holds since 2014. She taught at Aga Khan Education Services in Uganda from 2002 to 2011 and became a member of parliament in 201 ...
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Katumba Wamala
Edward Katumba Wamala (born 19 November 1956), more commonly known as Katumba Wamala, is a Ugandan general who serves as Minister of Works and Transport in the Ugandan cabinet, since 14 December 2019. Before that, from 17 January 2017 until 14 December 2019, he served as Minister of State for Works in the Ugandan cabinet. He previously served as the chief of defense forces of Uganda, the highest military rank in the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF), from 2013 until 2017. He was the commander of land forces in the UPDF from 2005 to 2013. He also served as the inspector general of police (IGP) of the Uganda Police Force (UPF), the highest rank in that branch of Uganda's government, from 2001 until 2005. Wamala was the first active UPDF soldier to serve as the head of the UPF. On June 1, 2021, Katumba survived an assassination attempt in Kisaasi, a Kampala suburb when gunmen attacked and wounded the General, killing his daughter and driver, leaving him with gunshot wounds on ...
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