Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari is a

Ugandan }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southe ...

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and

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representing Mbarara North,

Mbarara City Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, Kakiika Division, Nyakay ...

. He is the Chairman of the East African Procurement News Company Limited, a sister company of AMPROC INC which publishes a monthly magazine that reviews the procurement industry in the East African Region and has been the Honorary Consul for the

Republic of Malawi A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

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. He was also the Honorary Consul of the

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. He also serves as a member of the Central Executive Committee of

National Resistance Movement The National Resistance Movement ( sw, Harakati za Upinzani za Kitaifa; abbr. NRM) has been the ruling party in Uganda since 1986. History The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla ...

, the ruling party in Uganda.

Education

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

– B.A. Political Science and French *Makerere University – Master's degree in Public Administration *

Nkumba University Nkumba University (NKU) is a chartered private university in Uganda. It was established in 1994 as part of a group of schools and colleges that originally grew from a kindergarten established in 1951. The university is not affiliated with any pa ...

– Master's in Security and Strategic Studies *Nkumba University – Diploma Strategic Public Relations *Nkumba University – Diploma in Business Administration and Management

Political career

– National Chairman, Entrepreneurship League and Member of the Central Executive Committee National Resistance Movement (November 2015 – present). In 2019, he was appointed a Chamber Leader to serve on the

International Chamber of Commerce The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: ''Chambre de commerce internationale'') is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its over 45 million members in over 100 countries have interests spanning every s ...

(ICC) World Chambers Federation (WCF) General Council from 2020 to 2022 in Paris, France, a world Business Organisation, enabling World Businesses to secure prosperity and opportunity for all people in the world. He was chairman, Board of Africa Strategic Leadership Centre, a collaborative initiative of leaders from public and private sectors, committed to Africa's progress, cultivating growth opportunities and investing in the continent's human capital. In 2021, Members of

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 ...

on the Statutory Authorities and State Enterprise (COSASE) committee squeezed him to show how he acquired three plots of land that belonged to Uganda Railway Co-operation the URC in Port Bell and Mulago at a total of Shs 357 million in 2009, which he failed to answer. In the NRM primary elections, he ran with his longtime ally Tusiime Michael, whom he had supported in the previous election.

Controversies

In December 2021, a family in Isingiro district petitioned the government after losing over ten billion Shillings to Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari, after their own land in

Isingiro District Isingiro District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda. The town of Isingiro is the district's main municipal, administrative, and commercial center. Location Isingiro District is bordered by Kiruhura District to the north, Rakai Distr ...

was occupied by refugees and when the government compensated them he refused to pay their money which he convinced to pass on to his company bank account. During the COVID-19 era, he was accused of manufacturing fake face masks that were not approved by the

Uganda National Bureau of Standards The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is a government agency, established by an Act of Parliament of Uganda, UNBS is under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives established by the UNBS Act Cap 327 and became operationa ...

, which he had opened its factory in Mbarara.

References

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