Kamanda Bataringaya is a Ugandan physician, politician and former diplomat. He is the current State Minister of Labor and Industrial Relations in the

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. He was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015. Before that, from 16 February 2009 until 1 March 2015, he served as the State Minister for Primary Education. In the cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he retained his cabinet post. He also serves as the elected

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for "Bwamba County", Bundibugyo District.

Background and education

He was born in Bundibugyo District on 24 December 1959. Bataringaya holds the degree of

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(MD), obtained in 1990 from Kharkiv National Medical University, in

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. He also holds the degree of

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(MBA), obtained in 2003 from

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, Uganda. His degree of

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(MPH), was awarded in 2009, by the University of the Western Cape, in

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. Bataringaya also holds a Diploma in Health Management from the International Christian Medical Institute in

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Career

He served as a

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from 1990 until 1992. He then served as

Medical Director A medical director is a physician who provides guidance and leadership on the use of medicine in a healthcare organization. These include the emergency medical services, hospital departments, blood banks, clinical teaching services and others. A m ...

of Mityana District Hospital, in Mityana, from 1992 until 1996. In 1994, he was elected to the

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which drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution, serving in that capacity until 1995. In 1996, he was appointed

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to the

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, serving in that capacity until 2000. In 2001, he entered politics, contesting for the parliamentary seat of Bwamba County, Bundibugyo District. He was elected and was re-elected in 2006 and 2011. In 2001 Kamanda Bataringaya was appointed State Minister for Mineral Development, serving in that capacity until 2009. On 16 February 2009, he was reassigned to the Ministry of Education, as State Minister for Primary Education.

Personal life

He is married. He belongs to the

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political party. He is reported to have special interest in

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and

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References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Uganda

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Background and education

Career

Personal life

See also

References

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