Judith Nalule Nabakooba (born 28 October 1977), is a Ugandan politician and former policewoman. She is currently the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, in the

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. She was appointed to that position on 8 June 2021. Before that, from December 2019, until May 2021, she served as the Cabinet Minister of Information and Communications Technology. Nabakooba served as the elected

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, representing Mityana District Women's Constituency in the 10th Parliament (2016–2021).

Education

Nabakooba attended ''Ndejje Secondary School'', in

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, for her middle school and high school education, where she obtained both the

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in 1994, and the

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in 1997. She was admitted to

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, Uganda's largest and oldest

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, graduating with a Bachelor of Mass Communication degree in 2002. Later, she was awarded a Master's degree in

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, also from Makerere University. She also holds a Diploma in Strategic Leadership Management, from

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, in the United Kingdom, obtained in 2010. In addition, she holds two other diplomas, one a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and the other a Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation, both awarded by

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, in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

Career

From 2004 until 2015, Nabakooba served in the

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, where she held various positions, including as the

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for the Police Force, from 2011 until 2015. Other responsibilities during that period, included as Secretary to Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited, the savings and credit co-operative society of Uganda Police (UP) personnel and their families. She left the UP for active politics in June 2015. In the 2016 general elections, Nabakooba was elected as Mityana District Woman Representative on the ruling

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political party ticket. During her tenure, she has faced criticism and threats over her position regarding the parliamentary Age-Limit Bill She has also faced criticism over the delayed Kasese Report. In a cabinet reshuffle on 14 December 2019, Nabakooba was appointed Minister of Information, ICT and Communication, replacing

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, who was appointed Minister of Labour, Gender, Youth Services and Social Development.

Other considerations

Woman MP. Currently she chairs the Uganda parliamentary committee on defense and internal affairs and is a member of both the parliamentary business committee and the parliamentary committee on commissions, state authorities and state enterprises. She belongs to the ruling

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Uganda
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