Erias Lukwago Ssalongo (born 11 May 1970), is a Ugandan

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and

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. He is the lord mayor of the city of

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, the capital of

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and the largest metropolitan area in the country. He was first elected to that position on 14 January 2011. He was voted out of office on 25 November 2013 by councillors after a tribunal found him guilty of incompetence and abuse of office. The

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councillors voted 29 to 3 to impeach him. He was re-instated on 28 November 2013 after the high court judge Yasin Nyanzi ordered Kampala minister

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to stop the implementation of the tribunal report that paved way for his censure. In May 2021, Erias Lukwago was sworn in as lord mayor of Kampala, for the third term (2021 - 2026).

Background and education

He was born in Kabungo Village, in present-day

Kalungu District Kalungu District is a district in Central Uganda. It is named after the main town of the district, Kalungu, where the district headquarters are located. Location Kalungu District is bordered by Gomba District to the north, Butambala District t ...

, on 11 May 1970, to Muhhamoud Mirundi and Salmati Nakayaga. Lukwago is reported to have more than twenty siblings. Lukwago attended

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

between 1995 until 1997, graduating with a

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degree. He went on to obtain a

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from the

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in 1998. He also holds a Certificate in Advocacy Skills from the

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Work experience

Since 1998, Lukwago has worked as the

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in the offices of ''Lukwago and Company Advocates'', a

-based law firm that specializes in

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and

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. In 2005, he was elected to the Ugandan Parliament, on the Democratic Party ticket, representing the Central Kampala Constituency. While in parliament, he served on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee and on the Local Government Accounts Committee. He resigned from Parliament in 2011 and was elected Lord Mayor of the City of Kampala. Lukwago has in the past served as national legal adviser to the Democratic Party in

, and as Shadow Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. On 20 May 2011, Lukwago was sworn in as Lord Mayor of Kampala for a five-year term. In 2016 he was sworn in for his second term. On 26 May 2021, he swore in for his third term as the Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City.

Personal life

Erias Lukwago is married to Zawedde Lubwama Lukwago and they have six children. He has in the past been a member of the Democratic Party in Uganda, although in the 2011 elections he ran as an independent. On 28 July 2020, he officially joined the

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, (FDC) political party.

References

External links

How the City Mayoral Seat Was Won In 2011

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Work experience

Personal life

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