Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi (née Florence Nakiwala), is a

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n businesswoman and politician. She is the current presidential advisor for Youth and Children Affairs in Uganda. She was appointed to this position on 6 June 2021. She is the former Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs in the

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. She was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016 to 6 June 2021 She is also the

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third Vice-President, the first woman to hold that position in Uganda. As well serves as the Chairperson Commonwealth Youth Ministers Task force voted to that position in 2017.

Background and education

Florence Nakiwala was born in 1972, in Kimanya, Masaka District, to the late Charles Ssonko and Perepetwa Najjuma, as the 8th born of their 12 offspring. Her father was the County Chief of Buddu at that time. She attended Kimanya Primary School before she was admitted to

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for her O-Level and A-Level education. While at Nabbingo, she was appointed the sanitary prefect at the school. She studied at

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, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.She has a doctorate degree in leadership from CommonWealth University. While there, she was elected to the executive committee of ''Nkoba Za Mbogo'', the Baganda students’ organisation at Makerere University. She also served as the leader of the commerce students in her course. In her first year at Makerere, she met and eventually fell in love with her husband, Deogratius Kiyingi, the

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for Bukomansimbi South Constituency in the 10th Parliament (2016 - 2021).

Career in business

As a teenager, still in middle school, she took a trip to London and witnessed how a well-run health facility operates. This created a burning desire in her to own a well-run healthcare facility when she grew up. After graduating from Makerere she established ''Lisa Medical Centre'', a chain of clinics and short-stay hospitals in Uganda, with a branch in

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Career in Buganda Government

She served as the Minister for Youth Affairs in the

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, for a period of five years. She then served as the Tourism Minister in the kingdom, a post she held until June 2016.

Career in national politics

During the 2016 national elections, Florence Nakwala contested the Kampala Women Representative seat in the 10th parliament (2016 - 2021). She ran on the

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ticked. She lost to the

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of the Forum for Democratic Change political party. In a surprise move, President

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named Nakiwala Minister of State for Youth and Children, on 6 June 2016.

Personal

Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi is married to Dogratius Kiyingi since 1998. They are of the Roman Catholic faith. Together, they are parents to five children, three boys and two girls. Effective 6 June 2016, she was appointed chairperson of

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, a member of Uganda Super League.

References

External links

Website of Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi
Parliament of Uganda {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiyingi, Florence Nakiwala Living people Kampala District Members of the Parliament of Uganda Government ministers of Uganda People from Central Region, Uganda 1972 births 21st-century Ugandan women politicians 21st-century Ugandan politicians Women government ministers of Uganda Women members of the Parliament of Uganda People educated at Trinity College Nabbingo