Aston Kajara is a Ugandan

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and

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. He is the current State Minister of Finance for Privatization in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. In the cabinet reshuffle of 1 March 2015, he retained his cabinet post. Prior to that, from 16 February 2009 until 1 March 2015, he served as the State Minister of Finance for Investments. He is also the elected

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(MP), representing Mwenge County South

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. He has represented that constituency in parliament from 2001 until 2006 and from 2011 until now.

Background and education

He was born in

on 19 September 1956. He attended ''Kyenjojo Primary School''. He transferred to Nyakasura School in

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, for both his O-Level and A-Level studies. Aston Kajara studied law at

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, Uganda's oldest university, earning the degree of

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(LLB). He also holds the

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, from the

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, in

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, Uganda's capital city.

Work experience

Between 1983 until 1988, Aston Kajara worked in the Ministry of Finance, as a Customs Officer. From 1988 until 1990, he served as

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and Company Secretary at ''Uganda Motors Limited'', a

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n automobile and industrial machinery distributing company, based in

. Between 1992 and 1995, he served as Principal Revenue Officer at the

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. In 1994, he was elected to the

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which drafted the 1995 Ugandan constitution. In 1995, he went into private legal practice as a

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at ''Kajara, Kabiito & Company Advocates'', also in Kampala. He maintained his law practice until 2001. In 1996 he contested for the parliamentary seat of Mwenge County South in

. He won and served as the MP that constituency until 2001. In 2002, he became a Legal Consultant at his legal firm whose name had now changed to ''Kateeba, Runyangira & Kajara Advocates''. In 2006, he regained his parliamentary seat of Mwenge County South. He was also appointed State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, serving in that position until his appointment to his current cabinet post in February 2009. In 2011, he was re-elected to parliament.

Personal details

Aston Kajara is married. He enjoys

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References

External links

Parliament of Uganda Website

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Work experience

Personal details

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