Henry Muganwa Kajura (born 7 July 1934), commonly known as Henry Kajura, is a Ugandan

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and politician. Until 2016 he served as the

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and Minister of Public Service in the

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Background and education

Kajura was born on 7 July 1934 in

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, Bunyoro-Kitara, and attended St Mary's College Kisubi. He holds the degree of

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( BA), from

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, awarded when Uganda's oldest university was still affiliated with the

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. He also has postgraduate qualifications in

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, from

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in the

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and in

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from the

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in the

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Career

From its inception in 1967 until 1973, Kajura served as

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of the

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. From 1973 until 1978, during the Idi Amin regime, he served as the

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and

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, the precursor to Stanbic Bank Uganda. He then served briefly as

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from September 1978 until February 1979, being preceded in that role by Onegi Obel and succeeded by Charles Kikonyogo. From 1978 until 1989, Kajura served as the Chairman of Local Council V (LC V), for

Hoima District Hoima District is a district in Western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Hoima. Location Hoima District is bordered by Buliisa District to the north, Masindi District to the northeast, Kyan ...

. He was appointed Minister of Trade & Industry, Natural Resources, Water & Mineral Development in 1989, serving in that capacity until 1998. Between 1998 and 2001, he served as Minister of Water, Lands & the Environment, after Trade & Industry was split off to form a separate ministry. He was appointed Third Deputy Prime Minister in 2002, serving in that capacity until 2005 when he was appointed Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for

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. In the cabinet reshuffle of May 2009, and that of 27 May 2011, he retained both his cabinet positions, being promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister in 2013. Kajura was a member of Uganda's Cabinet, continuously from 1989 until 2016. Kajura served as

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for Bugahya County on behalf of the

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(NRM) from 1989 until 2006 (losing in the NRM primary to William Rwembera) and for Hoima Municipality from 2011 to 2016, when he lost in the NRM primary to Lawrence Bategeka. In the eighth Parliament (2011–16) he served an ex-officio Member of Parliament, on account of his cabinet appointment. In February 2017 Kajura was appointed as the Bunyoro Omukama’s advisor on palace affairs by Solomon Gafabusa Iguru.

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Uganda

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kajura, Henry 1934 births Living people People from Hoima District Government ministers of Uganda Governors of the Bank of Uganda National Resistance Movement politicians Makerere University alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Members of the Parliament of Uganda Wisconsin School of Business alumni People educated at St. Mary's College Kisubi 21st-century Ugandan politicians

Background and education

Career

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