Nathan Nandala Mafabi is a Ugandan accountant, lawyer, and a politician He represents Budadiri County West in
Sironko District in the
Ugandan
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parliament
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.
From May 2011 until January 2014, he was the
leader of the opposition
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in the parliament.
Background and education
He was born in Busamaga Village, Sironko District on 17 January 1966.
After attending local primary schools, he transferred to
Mbale Secondary School for his O-Level studies.
For his A-Level education, he attended
Busoga College Mwiri
Busoga College Mwiri, commonly known as Busoga College, is a boarding secondary school located in Uganda.
Location
Busoga College Mwiri is located on Mwiri Hill in Wairaka Parish, Kakira Town Council-Jinja District, Eastern Region, Uganda, Easte ...
in
Jinja District. He graduated from
Makerere University
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in 1988 with a Bachelor of Statistics and Economics degree. He followed that with a Postgraduate Diploma in Education in 1989, also from Makerere.
In 1993, he obtained a Diploma in Income Tax Administration from the
Uganda Management Institute in Kampala.
In 1993, he passed the
certified public accountant
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examinations in both Kenya and Uganda. In 1995, he was admitted to the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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as a
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
In 1997, he went back to Makerere University, graduating in 2000 with a Master of Arts in Economics followed by a
Bachelor of Laws
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in 2006.
Career
In 1988, he was hired as a tax assessor with the
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), serving in that capacity until 1993. From 1993 until 1994, he worked as a revenue officer. He was promoted to senior revenue officer in 1995, working in that capacity until 1996. He worked as a principal revenue officer at URA in 1997. From 1998 until 2000, he worked as the senior principal revenue officer and acting chief internal auditor at URA. From 2000 until 2001, he worked as a financial management consultant in the private sector.
In 2001, he entered Uganda's elective politics by contesting the Budadiri County West parliamentary constituency. He won and was re-elected in 2011. From 2006 until 2011, Mafabi served as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in the parliament. From 2001 until 2006, he served as the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the Economy. Since 2008, he has served as the chairman of the Bugisu Cooperative Union. From 2011 until 2020, he served as the leader of the opposition.
Honorable Nathan Nandala Mafabi is also the Vice-Chair of
.
Personal details
Mafabi is married. He is of the
Protestant
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faith. He belongs to the
Forum for Democratic Change political party.
See also
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Cabinet of Uganda
There are 32 Cabinet ministers and 50 Ministers of State in the Cabinet of Uganda (2021 to 2026).
According to Section 111 of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda, as amended in 2005, "There shall be a Cabinet which shall consist of the President, t ...
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Sironko District
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Forum for Democratic Change
References
External links
Website of the Parliament of Uganda
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1966 births
Living people
Uganda Management Institute alumni
Makerere University alumni
Members of the Parliament of Uganda
People from Sironko District
People from Eastern Region, Uganda
Ugandan accountants
Leaders of the Opposition (Uganda)
People educated at Busoga College
Forum for Democratic Change politicians
21st-century Ugandan politicians