Musumba Isaac Isanga is a Ugandan

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and

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. He served as the State Minister for Regional Foreign Affairs, from June 2006 until May 2011. In the cabinet reshuffle on 27 May 2011, he was dropped from the cabinet and was replaced by

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. He also served as the elected

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(MP), representing "Buzaaya County",

Kamuli District Kamuli District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Kamuli is the site of the district headquarters. Location Kamuli District is bordered by Buyende District to the north, Luuka District to the east, Jinja District to th ...

, from 1996 until 2011. During the 2011 national elections, he lost to ''Muzaale Martin Kisule Mugabi'', during the

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(NRM) primaries. In 2016, he bounced back into the 10th parliament (2016 - 2021), representing '' Buzaaya County'', in

, on the NRM ticket. In the 2021 elections, he lost in the NRM primaries to ''Martin Muzaale'' and decided to contest as an Independent candidate and further lost to the NRM’s flag bearer, ''Muzaale Martin Kisule Mugabi''

Background and education

Musumba was born in

, on 16 December 1961. He attended

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for his O-Level education. He transferred to

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for his A-Level studies, graduating with a

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in 1980. He holds a

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(LLB) degree, from

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, Uganda's oldest and largest

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. He went on to obtain a

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, from the

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, in

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, Uganda's capital city. His degree of

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(LLM), specializing in

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, was also awarded by Makerere University, in 1992.

Career

From 1985 until 1991, Isaac Musumba worked as a principal legal officer in the Ministry of Finance. He then worked as the Administrative Commissioner, at the

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from 1991 until 1993. In 1994, he was elected to the

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that drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution, serving in that capacity until 1995. He was elected to the Ugandan Parliament in 1996, to represent "Buzaaya County",

. He was re-elected in 2001 and in 2006. He lost the seat in 2011 to the ''Martin Muzaale''

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Member of Parliament. In 2001, he was appointed State Minister for Planning. He retained his post in a Cabinet reshuffle on 14 January 2005. In June 2006, Isaac Musumba was appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Regional Affairs), serving in that capacity until May 2011, when he was dropped from the cabinet in a reshuffle.

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of UgandaFull Ministerial Cabinet List, May 2011
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Background and education

Career

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