Jackson Karugaba Kafuuzi, (born 25 April 1977), is a Ugandan politician who serves as the incumbent

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representing the ''Kyaka South County Constituency'',

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, in the 10th Ugandan Parliament (2016 to 2021). Effective 14 December 2019, he concurrently serves as the Deputy Attorney General of Uganda, in the Ugandan Cabinet.

Background and education

He was born in

, in the

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, in the Western Region of

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, on 25 April 1977. He attended ''St. Joseph's Primary School, Nabbingo''. He studied at ''St. Maria Goretti Secondary School'', for his O-Level studies, graduating with a Uganda Certificate of Education, in 1995. In 1998, he completed his A-Level education, graduating with a

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. He was admitted to

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, Uganda's oldest and largest

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, graduating in 2002 with a

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degree. The following year, he obtained a

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, from the Law Development Centre, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, and was admitted to the Uganda Bar.

Career before politics

For a period of 13 years, from 2003 until 2016, Jackson Kafuuzi was an attorney at ''Rwakafuuzi & Company Advocates'', a Kampala-based legal firm.

Political career

He entered Uganda's elective politics by contesting for the Kyaka South County Constituency parliamentary seat in 2011 on FDC ticket but lost to an NRM candidate who had quite teaching at makerere university. He later chose to run on an NRM ticket in 2016 after realizing the hefty mistakes made by his predecessor abandoning the latter. He was elected, and is the current substantive member of parliament for that constituency. He is a member of the ruling

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political party. On 14 December 2019, he was named in the cabinet of Uganda as the Deputy Attorney General of Uganda; a position he was appointed to by the Head of State of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. After parliamentary approval, his swearing-in took place as scheduled, on Tuesday, 11 February 2020.

References

External links

Website of Parliament of Uganda
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Background and education

Career before politics

Political career

See also

References

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