Irene Nafuna Muloni is a

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n electrical engineer,

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and

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and also a Senior Presidential

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to Ugandan President

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. She was previously Cabinet Minister for Energy and Minerals in the Ugandan Cabinet until December 2019, serving from 27 May 2011. She retained her position in the new cabinet after the 2016 national elections. She served as the elected

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for Bulambuli District Women's Representative, from 2011 until 2016 when she lost her seat to Independent candidate; Sarah Wekomba. She again regained her seat after the 2021 general elections.

Background and education

She was born on 18 November 1960, in what is known today, as

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. She attended Budadiri Girls' Primary School before entering

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. In 1982, she entered

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, the oldest university in East Africa, to study Engineering. In 1986, she graduated with an honours

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(BSc.E.Eng) degree. Later, she graduated with the degree of

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(MBA), from

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. She is also a Certified Public-Private Partnership Specialist, accredited by The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Inc. (IP3) and the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) of Loughborough University.

Career

Since 1986 Irene has been working with the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL), a

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company, responsible for distribution of electrical power to both commercial and retail customers nationwide and Uganda Posts & Telecommunications Corporation first Pupil Engineer in 1986 for (UPTC), as an Executive Engineers for same,as the Communications Engineer in 1991 then as Senior Communications Engineer in 1995 then as Senior Protection Engineer then after the

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of Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited. In 2011, she entered elective politics, by successfully contesting for the Bulambuli District Women's Representative in the 9th Ugandan Parliament (2011 - 2016). On 27 May 2011, she was appointed Minister of Energy & Minerals, by President Yoweri Museveni. She replaced Hilary Onek, who was appointed

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. In the cabinet changes made on 6 June 2016, she maintained her cabinet appointment.

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Full of List of Ugandan Cabinet Ministers May 2011
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Background and education

Career

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