Martin Andi Drito is an economist, businessman, entrepreneur and politician in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the
East African Community
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. He is the current managing director and chief executive officer of Drito Global Corporation Limited, a mining and logging company that he founded and owns. In 2007, he was reported to be one of the wealthiest individuals in Uganda.
He also served as the elected member of parliament for ''Madi-Okollo County'',
Arua District, a position to which he was elected in 2011 though he later lost his parliamentary seat in the 2016 parliamentary elections.
Background and education
He was born in
Arua
Arua is a city and commercial centre within the Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda.
Location
Arua is approximately , by road, north-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, Arua is about , by road, west of Gulu, the ...
, on 15 June 1957. He attended ''Ezuku Primary School'', from 1963 until 1969. He transferred to ''Old Kampala Secondary School'' for his O-Level studies, from 1970 through 1973. He entered
Namilyango College
Namilyango College is a boys-only boarding middle and high school located in Mukono District in the Central Region of Uganda, whose history and excellence in sports and academics have made it one of the most prestigious schools in Uganda. It is U ...
in 1974, completing his A-Level studies at the College, in 1975. In 1987, he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science (BSc) in
Applied Economics. In 2010, he obtained the degree of
Master of Business Administration
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
(MBA), from the
University of Conakry
Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry (in French ''L'Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry'', UGANC), is the largest university in Guinea and located in Dixinn Commune, Conakry, Guinea. The name is generally shortened to the University o ...
, in
Guinea
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, West Africa.
Career
In 1992, Martin Andi Drito established two companies: (a) ''Drito Global Corporation'' and (b) ''Nile Trading Corporation''. The two businesses are involved in mining, mineral processing, timber development and logging. He is the managing director and CEO of both companies, which maintain offices at ''Workers House'', on Pilkington Road, in
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
's central business district. From 1998 until 2004, Martin Drito served as an Advisor to the
President of Guinea on mineral policy and implementation. In 2011, he successfully ran for the parliamentary constituency of ''Madi-Okollo County'', in
Arua District, and is the incumbent MP.
Other considerations
Between 2011 and 2016, he was a member of the
Parliament of Uganda
The parliament of Uganda is the country's legislative body. Unicameral, the most significant of the Ugandan parliament's functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country. The government ministers are bound to answer t ...
, and sat on the Committee on Natural Resources and on the Committee on Budget. He later lost his parliamentary seat in the 2016 parliamentary elections.
See also
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Parliament of Uganda
The parliament of Uganda is the country's legislative body. Unicameral, the most significant of the Ugandan parliament's functions is to pass laws that will provide good governance in the country. The government ministers are bound to answer t ...
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List of African millionaires
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List of wealthiest people in Uganda
References
External links
Website of Uganda's Parliament
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Living people
1957 births
Ugandan businesspeople
People from Arua District
Lugbara people
Ugandan economists
Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry alumni
Alumni of the University of East London
People educated at Namilyango College